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

Sun Aug 10 13:50:35 UTC 2014

Hurrah for this newsletter as usual!

I wonder if there's a way to manage this beautiful information as
WikiData entries, with an extension/frontend that helps autogenerate
and format the updates.

Warmly,
SJ

On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed.
>
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