Hi folks, Another update to the FOSsil Bank follows. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
#FundFreeCulture Ways you can pay for free culture. Current - Brad Sucks, ‘Guess Who’s a Mess’<http://www.bradsucks.net/albums/guess-whos-a-mess/>(now available! name your price; CC BY-SA) - Japanese RPG Monster RPG 2<http://www.indiegogo.com/monster-rpg-2-open-jrpg-game-engine>is being ransomed on IndieGoGo, although as far as I can tell only the engine will be libre licensed and not the assets ($1,006/$1,500; 4 days left; Give It Your Own License, License) - The colour and black-and-white art of the African-themed Spears of the Dawn RPG<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637945166/spears-of-the-dawn-rpg>will be released into the public domain for others to use. ($8,198/$3,000; 5 days left; public domain) - MediaGoblin <http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html> is a media publishing system for video, images and audio. ($23,901/$60,000; 7 days left; GNU AGPL) - One Shot<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/one-shot-a-roleplaying-game-of-murder-and-vengeanc>is a new tabletop RPG on Kickstarter from open gaming stalwart Tracy Barnett. Music, art and the game itself are all going to be libre licensed ($3,220/$3,000; 1 day left; CC BY-SA) - Learn Game Programming (codeschool.org)<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/680276743/learn-game-programming-codeschoolorg>is a Kickstarter project to fund a video series for novice programmers. You can check out existing material at http://www.codeschool.org($1,902/$700; 22 days to go; CC BY-SA, it appears) Concluded - Bejewelled-style TumbleGonk <http://www.indiegogo.com/tumblegonk> failed to be ransomed on IndieGoGo, and all contributions were refunded. - Hillfolk,<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robindlaws/hillfolk-dramasystem-roleplaying-by-robin-d-laws>a Kickstarter project where one of the stretch goals was for two tabletop RPG rule systems (GUMSHOE and DramaSystem) to be open licensed, was funded. ($93,845/$3,000) Best contributor Goes to Shlomi Fish for adding his work The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-enemy-and-how-i-helped-to-fight-it>to the wiki. If you’d like to help out, I’ve made a list of jobs<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/system:list-of-jobs>that need doing. On the blog - I explore a discussion taking place on tabletop RPG designer Robin Laws’ blog about what licence he should place on two game systems (GUMSHOE and DramaSystem). There was vigorous discussion about CC BY, CC BY-SA, the Open Game License as well as options like CC+, dual licensing and writing one’s own licence. Part 1<http://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/the-hillfolk-licensing-decision-1-potential-licences/>and Part 2.<http://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/the-hillfolk-licensing-decision-2-potential-solutions/> Libre works *Art* - David Revoy <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:david-revoy> is a fantasy artist who’s provided concept art for Sintel and Tears of Steel. (CC BY and CC BY-SA) - A fan of Nina Paley’s Mimi & Eunice comic has created a 2013 calendar<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:mimi-and-eunice>. (Copyheart) - Links to art galleries have been added for Blender movies Elephants Dream <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:elephants-dream>, Big Buck Bunny <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:big-buck-bunny>, Tears of Steel<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:tears-of-steel>and Sintel <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:sintel>. *Video* - Open Access Explained<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:open-access-explained>is a video from PhD Comics explaining what open access is. (CC BY) *Music* - Brad Sucks has released his third album, ‘Guess Who’s a Mess’.<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:guess-who-s-a-mess>It’s not any more cheerful than his previous offerings, but it’s very catchy! (CC BY-SA) - Slim <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:slim> is a lovely rock band with one album. (CC BY-SA) - Radio Nowhere <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:radio-nowhere> is the rock/pop band that replaced Slim. One of their albums is libre, the other is proprietary. (CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC-SA) - CCTRAX <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:cctrax> is a collection of CC-licensed albums. (Libre and proprietary) - thesixtyone <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:thesixtyone> plays music at random. It has a CC channel, but doesn’t distinguish between libre and proprietary music. (Libre and proprietary) *Information* - CrisisCommons Wiki<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:crisiscommons-wiki>is a place to collaborate and share data about disaster management operations. (PD) - The Victorian Government Data Directory<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:victorian-government-data-directory>collects data from the Victorian state government. (CC BY) - The Open Data Hackathon How To Guide<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:open-data-hackathon-how-to-guide>is the OKFN’s latest offering. (CC BY) *Literature* - The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight It<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-enemy-and-how-i-helped-to-fight-it>is a political satire about the Israel-Lebanon border, by free culture stalwart Shlomi Fish. (CC BY-SA) *Software* - Open Source Alternative<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:open-source-alternative>is a site that proposes open source alternatives to popular proprietary software. (a range of libre licences) - The OSSwin Project<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:the-osswin-project>is a site that lists open source software available for Windows systems. (a range of libre licences) - Code School <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:code-school> will teach you to program via video! (CC BY-SA) *Tabletop Games* - The Action! System <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:action-system> is a tabletop RPG. There is an HTML version available. (Open Game License) - There are third-party System Reference Documents (free culture-only versions of the game) for tabletop RPGs Spirit of the Century,<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:spirit-of-the-century> FATE <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:fate>, RuneQuest<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:runequest>, Dungeons & Dragons<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:dungeons-dragons-3e>, Fudge <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:fudge>, d20 Modern<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:d20-modern>, d6 Fantasy <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:opend6>, Blue Rose<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:blue-rose>and True20 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:true20> - *Amagi Games* - - Perfect20 <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:perfect20> is a variant on Dungeons & Dragons 3E from Amagi Games. (OGL) - - The Ouroboros Cycle<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:the-ouroboros-cycle>is a set of books about tabletop roleplaying, from general advice to specific settings. (PD) *Electronic Games* - Nooskewl Games <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:nooskewl-games> is an independent game studio that releases the code for some of its games under the Give It Your Own License, License (a PD licence). *Licences* - The Give It Your Own License, License<http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/licence:give-it-your-own-license-license>allows you to relicense the work under the licence of your choice. (PD) Proprietary shareable works - Molly Lewis <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/source:molly-lewis> is a ukelele-playing musician. (CC BY-NC-SA) Until next time! *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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