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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