[Open-access] FOSsil Bank Update (August 2014)

[Chris Sakkas]

Hi folks,

First of all, I’m looking to replace Wikidot as the host/database/software
behind the FOSsil Bank. Before I do too much investigating, I’d like to
hear from you:


*What changes or additions would make the Bank more useful to you? *
*---* #FundFreeCulture

If you spot a chance to #FundFreeCulture, shoot me an email and tweet about
it!

I tweet from https://twitter.com/living_libre

The #FundFreeCulture page collects free, libre and open sources and works
that are – in some way – for sale or use donations as a funding model:
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/fundfreeculture
*New*

Membership in the Authors Alliance supports a pro-sharing authors’ group
(CC BY; choose your price): http://www.authorsalliance.org/
*Concluded*

*The Open Source Music Textbook* is an online, open interactive textbook
for college-level music theory (CC BY-SA; $5,317/$5,000):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/open-interactive-music-theory-textbook/x/219718

*Strays* is a Fate Accelerated tabletop roleplaying game where you play
pets! (CC BY; $4,478/$2,500):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1382542560/strays-a-friendly-fuzzy-fate-accelerated-rpg

*Free Culture Sports Show* (previously TINT, or This Is Not TINAP) was
raising money for a third season (CC BY; $37/$520):
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/free-culture-sports-show-season-3/x/219718

*Paper Jekyll* won the Public Domain Game Jam as the best CC0-licensed game
and therefore won $1000:
http://blog.ncase.me/paper-jekyll-wins-the-public-domain-jam/

*Worlds in Peril* is a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop RPG where you
play superheroes (CC BY; $20,953/$6,000):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/63676387/worlds-in-peril

*Comic Neue* is a font, inspired by Comic Sans, that was successfully
funded (CC0; $10,506/$10,000):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/805738475/comic-neue



Remember there’s a list of *FLO Patreon projects* here:
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/patreon
New FLO entries Hardware

The Open Source Seed Initiative collects seeds (own licence).
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:open-source-seed-initiative
Electronic games

The Public Domain Game Jam has concluded, producing some great CC0 games:
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:the-public-domain-game-jam
Information

Australian think tank the Centre for Policy Development releases their work
under CC BY.
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:centre-for-policy-development

The Paleobiology Database has data and photos of extinct animals and plants
(CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:paleobiology-database

The Free Culture Guide is a guide to free culture in Arabic (CC0):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:free-culture-guide

Media Studies 101 is a Creative Commons crowdsourced textbook (CC BY):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:media-studies-101

Cookbook describes the creation of Media Studies 101 (CC BY):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:cookbook

The Authors Alliance represents creators who want to share, not restrict
(CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:authors-alliance

LWN.net is a computing webzine with an emphasis on free software (CC
BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:lwn-net

Two French government cultural websites are CC BY-SA:
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:french-government
Art

ScienceImage is a collection of high-quality photos and video from
Australia’s CSIRO (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:scienceimage
Recipes

Open Source Food is a recipe aggregator (no site licence, but the three I
looked at were CC BY-SA):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:open-source-food

The FreeBasel Cookbook was written in solidarity with Bassel, a prisoner of
the Syrian regime (CC BY-SA):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:freebassel-cookbook

Foodista is a recipe aggregator (CC BY):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:foodista
Video

Lunatics has been in the update before, but there’s now a Patreon and some
more information (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:lunatics
Tabletop games

Bedroom Wall Press has released all their games under either the Open Game
License or the Free Documentation License:
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:bedroom-wall-press

The Wizard’s Amulet is an adventure for the fifth edition of Dungeons &
Dragons (OGL): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:the-wizards-amulet

SRD5 was a short-lived clone of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons (OGL):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:srd5

Joe Banner writes adventures for tabletop RPG Dungeon World (CC BY-SA):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:joe-banner

Exploding Kingdoms is a tabletop RPG inspired by fourth edition Dungeons &
Dragons (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:exploding-kingdoms

MurderHobos is a tabletop RPG (CC BY-SA):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:murderhobos

The One Page Dungeon Contest has run every year since 2009 (CC BY-SA):
http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:one-page-dungeon-contest
Literature

Stick’s Adventure is a children’s book about a girl called Stick (CC
BY-SA). http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:sticks-adventure



*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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