I love these updates. Keep it up! We need a knowledge curation consortium. And some related categories for recognizing great work, for the OER awards event later this year.
SJ On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Chris Sakkas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Another Saturday, another update. Quite a few entries this time. > > If you missed it earlier, there is an RSS feed of new pages on the wiki. You > can get it here. There's no way to separate new libre entries from new > proprietary entries, unfortunately Wikidot doesn't give us that option. > > The FOSsil Bank is a wiki that catalogues libre and proprietary shareable > works (free culture, Creative Commons, open content, open source, free > software, open knowledge, open hardware, etc.). This week, several entries > have been added to the wiki: > > New Entries on FOSsil Bank > > Libre > > Old Book Art, a site that collects scanned images. A number of entities are > claiming copyright or physical rights holder rights over the images, but the > images themselves are public domain. > Feedback Loops in Game Design, an infographic by full-time game designer > Daniel Solis. Gratis JPG under CC BY. > The Australian Budget 2012-2013, along with commentary. Gratis PDF under CC > BY. > Wanton Role-Playing System, a version of the respected roleplaying game Over > the Edge. Gratis PDF under the Open Game License.* > Art Passions, a collection of scanned public domain images. > WPClipart, a collection of public domain clipart, including some scanned > images. > Karen’s Whimsy, a collection of scanned public domain images. > Old Book Illustrations, a collection of scanned public domain images. The > site requests that users abide by certain terms of service. > Surlalune Fairy Tales, a collection of scanned public domain images. > The Shrouded Lands, a collaborative fantasy world being developed by me and > some others. Gratis PDF under CC BY-SA. > > * The Open Game License isn’t recognised as a free culture licence by > Freedom Defined nor as an open knowledge licence by the Open Knowledge > Foundation. > > Nick Wedig’s Libre Games > > Wide Stance, a game about repressed homosexuality. Available as a gratis PDF > under CC BY. > Cardenio’s Daughter, a game about a protagonist switching between stories. > Available as a gratis PDF under CC BY-SA. > Shakespeare 2985, perhaps best described by its author: ‘a science fiction > espionage murder mystery do-it-yourself alternate reality game about > interpreting poetry and failing thermal dampeners.’ > Return to Maniac Mansion, a horror game based on the LucasArts Maniac > Mansion. Gratis PDF under CC BY. > Scrabblenauts, a game where you control the story by making words out of > Scrabble tiles. Gratis PDF under CC BY-SA. > Crash!/Lanterns of the Dead, a game described by the author as: “two game[s] > in one: a game about a crashed astronaut, and a game about an alien > culture.” Gratis PDF under CC BY. > > Proprietary Shareable Works > > Adapt, a collection of Australian open educational resources for Adaptation > Studies. Gratis resources under CC BY-NC-SA. > Gundam Blackbird, a hack of story game darling Lady Blackbird for the Gundam > universe. Gratis PDF under CC BY-NC-SA. > Age of Fable, an online choose-your-own-adventure game. Gratis HTML under CC > BY-NC (source code available). > > Nick Wedig’s Proprietary Shareable Games > > Once I Was a Warrior, a game designed for the author’s brother’s 30th > birthday. It’s about changing and growing old, and it’s available as a > gratis PDF under CC BY-NC-SA. > Rosalind Wells, Ambassador to Space, a game about a 5-year-old girl who has > to solve the problems of alien visitors. Gratis PDF under CC BY-NC-SA. > > Enjoy! > > Chris Sakkas > Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
