Hi Chris, Thanks for sharing this great info.
Regarding the specific question of whether you should send the regular bi-weekly updates to this list I think probably not for the present as we don't want to overload people's email -- can people directly subscribe to your updates if they want to? Rufus On 4 August 2012 03:43, Chris Sakkas <sanglor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > For a couple of years, I've kept the FOSsil Bank wiki, which is a collection > of libre resources (as well as proprietary resources under what I call > shareable licences). For a couple of months, I've regularly posted updates > about what new entries have been added to the wiki. These updates go to the > Living Libre blog and the Free Culture discussion list. They've been well > received. > > There are two reasons I'm bringing this up here: > > 1. I thought people might be interested in checking out the FOSsil Bank > wiki. > 2. I thought people might be interested in getting the FOSsil Bank updates > (they're roughly fortnightly). > > I've included today's update in this email. It's a bit shorter than the > average update. My question to you folks is: Would it be useful if I sent > every FOSsil Bank update to this mailing list? If so, it's no trouble for me > since I'm already sending it to the Free Culture list. If it wouldn't be > useful, anyone who's interested in getting the updates could instead sign up > to the Living Libre blog or the Free Culture discussion list. > > Let me know what you folks think. I enjoy the time I spend on the wiki and > I'd like it to reach as wide an audience in the libre community as possible. > > --- > > Hi folks, > > I’ve decided that the weekly schedule for these updates was a bit ambitious: > I don’t always find that much content. But here’s the last few weeks of > stuff. > > As always, let me know of any libre resources that are out there—or add them > to the FOSsil Bank yourselves! > > #FundFreeCulture > > When I find a libre licensed work up on Kickstarter, IndieGoGo or another > crowdfunding tool, I’ll tweet about it with the tag #FundFreeCulture. Feel > free to do the same! > > Ronaldo Tours is a documentary about a fictional Italian. The compilation > will be CC BY-NC-SA, but the assets will be CC BY. ($265 of $500, 41 days to > go) > > Lunatics Animated Series Pilot is an animated science fiction TV episode. CC > BY-SA ($1,744 of $100,000, 17 days to go) > > Libre Resources > > Libre Projects is a very attractive website that sorts libre projects by > type. Various licences. > > Fan-made reformatted versions of Swords & Wizardry and the WaRP System are > available. OGL. > > Long-time advocate for shareable resources, David Wiley, is beginning a > course called Ed Startup 101 introducing educators to entrepreneurship. CC > BY. > > Adobe has released a font, Source Sans Pro, under the SIL Open Font License. > > Liberated Pixel Cup Entries > > Last month, the Liberated Pixel Cup resulted in dozens of pieces of pixel > art being released under libre licences. This month, almost fifty open > source games have been released as part of the second phase of the project. > I’ve only played a few of the HTML5 games, but some are rather good! > > I’m planning to post a few reviews of the games on the Living Libre blog. > > Proprietary Shareable Resources > > Yaruki Zero Games has published two supplements for the game Cards against > Humanity, also under CC BY-NC-SA. > > > > Chris Sakkas > Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter feed. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > -- Co-Founder, Open Knowledge Foundation Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age http://www.okfn.org/ - http://blog.okfn.org/ _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss