[Open-access] FOSsil Bank Update (12 May 2013)

Sat May 11 23:48:44 UTC 2013

Hi folks,

Another few weeks, another FOSsil Bank Update. As always, please get in
touch if you've found any libre or shareable content and I'll chuck it on
the wiki.
#FundFreeCulture

Chip in a few dollars a month to support The League of Moveable
Type<http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/join>.
(All fonts under the SIL OFL)

It’s not funding, but it’s another way that you can contribute: playtest
the tabletop RPG Five by
Five<http://dreamsanddragons.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/playtest-progress.html>,
now in its third edition. (CC BY-SA)

The Software Freedom Conservancy <https://sfconservancy.org/campaign/> is
running a fundraising campaign to develop an open source non-profit
accounting software. ($10,224/$75,000)

The Green Meme online organising
handbook<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/896010241/help-launch-the-most-amazing-online-organizing-gui>completed
its funding. (CC BY; $3,976/$2,200)

t.b.d. <http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t-b-d-the-webseries> is a TV
miniseries about twenty-somethings in a conflicted Midwest town. (CC BY-SA;
6 days left; $166/$5,000)

The Lyrical Truth<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fight-violence-with-music-the-lyrical-truth-musical-movie>was
a project to create a dark musical about domestic violence and drug
abuse. Unfortunately, it didn't fund. (CC BY-SA; $224/$15,000)

Geary
<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geary-a-beautiful-modern-open-source-email-client?c=home>is
an open source email client. Unfortunately it didn’t make its goal. ($50,860
of $100,000)

Monster Tome <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monstertome/monster-tome>is
a project to create 20 public domain artworks of unusual monsters
suggested by the backers. Unfortunately, it didn’t make its goal ($1,060 of
$4,300)

The OpenShot Video
Editor<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421164014/openshot-video-editor-for-windows-mac-and-linux>shot
through its goal. ($
45,028 of $20,000)

The Public Domain Review <http://publicdomainreview.org/support/> was
saved! ($22,070 of $20,000)

Justin, the creator of the free culture boardgame To the Barricades, is asking
for support to help him take art
classes<http://blackflaggames.org/free-culture-patronage/>– and will
create art in exchange. (free culture or free software licences
of your choosing)

 Community

Earn $30 by writing an
adventure<http://gamishdesigner.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/call-to-adventure-critical-go-westerly.html>for
the libre tabletop RPG Critical!: Go Westerly.

Two Google groups have popped up: The Free Culture
Foundation<https://plus.google.com/communities/104488559036561591819>and
CC
BY-SA <https://plus.google.com/communities/105936311696007329936>
Libre Works
The boardgame To the
Barricades<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:to-the-barricades>now
has a playtest version available. (CC BY-SA)

RPG retroclone Swords &
Wizardry<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:swords-wizardry>has an SRD
provided by the same people behind the Pathfinder SRD. (OGL)

The Open Knowledge Foundation has put together The Open
Book,<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-open-book>a crowdsourced
publication that introduces the global open movement. (CC
BY)

The Pathfinder SRD <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:pfsrd> is a massive
undertaking that warrants its own section. (OGL)

The Digital Public
Library<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:digital-public-library-of-america>launched
last month. (CC BY)

Jeff Preston <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:jeff-preston> is an
artist who created the 108 Terrible Character Portraits. (CC BY)

Envisioning Technology<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:envisioning-technology>is
a futurist studio. (CC BY-SA)

Open the Future <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:open-the-future> is a
futurism blog. (CC BY-SA)

vessel.cc is a shifting art installation. It was available for download but
that feature has been removed. (CC BY-SA)

One Shot <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:one-shot> is a tabletop RPG
of sacrifice and vengeance. (CC BY-SA)

Interactivities
Ink<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:interactivities-ink>has a
bevy of games you can download. (CC BY-SA)

The Italian Constitutional
Court<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:italian-constitutional-court>is
experimenting with open data. (CC BY-SA)

Super Repo <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:super-repo> is another game
from Teapot Dome Games, this one about people with superpowers who work
mundane jobs. (CC BY)

I was sure I already had a page for
Awen<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:awen>,
but I couldn’t find it. It’s a charming fantasy game. (Public domain)

The Software Freedom Conservancy’s site is libre (CC BY-SA)
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:software-freedom-conservancy

The website for the Midgard <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:midgard>RPG
went down, but because it’s under a libre licence we can preserve it. (CC
BY-SA)

Elevation of Privilege<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:elevation-of-privilege>is
an original deck of cards and a game to play with those cards created
by
Microsoft. (CC BY)

Tenpenny Joke <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:tenpenny-joke> is no
longer on Jamendo, but thanks to the Internet Archive we can still enjoy
their music. (CC BY-SA)

The entirety of The Wealth of
Commons<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-wealth-of-the-commons>is
finally available online. (CC BY-SA)

QuadSystem <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:quad-system> is an RPG
created for a recent contest. (CC BY)

I went to some effort to list which Piecepack
games<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:piecepack>are under which
public copyright licence. (PD, GNU FDL, CC BY-NC-SA)
Non-free Shareable Works

 BrickQuest <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:brickquest>is fantasy
boardgaming in an ABS (Lego) universe. (CC BY-NC-SA)

Threshold <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:threshold-tragic-superheroes>is
a tabletop RPG of tragic superheroes inspired by
*Otherkind. *(CC BY-NC-SA)

Leviathans <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:leviathans>is a steampunk
vehicle miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA)

Aetherverse <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:aetherverse>is a sci-fi
miniatures game. (CC BY-NC-SA)

Enjoy!

*Chris Sakkas
**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living
Libre blog <http://www.livinglibre.com> and Twitter
feed<https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>
.*
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