FOSsil Bank Update (26 October 2013)
Chris Sakkas
Hi folks,
Here’s another update for you.
#FundFreeCulture
If you spot chances to #FundFreeCulture, shoot me an email and tweet about it!
Newly spotted
Angel is the first open source sensor for health and fitness, and it’s on IndieGoGo! ($236,506/$100,000; 7 days left): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/angel-the-first-open-sensor-for-health-and-fitness
Alessandro of unPlayable Games is on Patreon. $3 gets you access to all his games (CC BY or BY-SA):http://www.patreon.com/unPlayableGames?u=45749
Show some love to Plee the Bear, a platform game. (GNU GPL and CC BY-SA; €476.79/€1112.79)http://funding.openinitiative.com/funding/1702/
Ongoing
They’re making a second episode of the comedic short film Caminandes: http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info_n.php?products_id=165
Open Well-Tempered Clavier – Ba©h to Bach is a project to score and record Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier – including stretch goals to make the scores accessible to the blind (14 days left; $35,550/$30,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293573191/open-well-tempered-clavier-bah-to-bach
App-Make-inator from Lunduke is on Bountysource. (GNU GPL; 5 hours to go; $488/$3,500):https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/468
Concluded
Underground Meats funded successfully. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/undergroundmeats/underground-meats-open-source-food-safety-model (public domain; $49,141/$40,000)
Free the Monsters is an IndieGoGo campaign to release concept art and 3D models that did not reach its goal (CC BY-SA; $1,641/$5,000 – flexible funding): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/free-the-monsters
Set Chopin Free reached its goal (public domain; $92,452/$75,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free
0 A.D. is an RTS that’s been under development for some time. ($33,251/$160,000 – flexible funding): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-0-a-d-an-open-source-strategy-game
FLO Works
Tabletop Games
I made EPUB versions of a few FLO RPGs:
DramaSystem SRD (OGL, CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:dramasystem-srd
Enter the Avenger (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:enter-the-avenger
Redbox Hack (declaration): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:redbox-hack
Pelgrane Press is a tabletop RPG company. (OGL, CC BY):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:pelgrane-press
They’ve released the System Reference Document for 13th Age, a ‘love letter’ to Dungeons & Dragons 3rd and 4th editions. (OGL): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:13th-age
They’re released the System Reference Document for GUMSHOE, a tabletop RPG. (CC BY, OGL):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:gumshoe-srd
Uncharted Worlds is a space opera RPG based on the Apocalypse World game. (CC BY-SA):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:uncharted-worlds
Mazes & Perils is a retroclone tabletop RPG. (OGL): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:mazes-perils
For Gold & Glory is a retroclone tabletop RPG based on Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition. A gratis, third party version is available on Lulu. (OGL): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:for-gold-glory
Fate System Toolkit is a set of options and advice for the Fate roleplaying game. (OGL, CC BY):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:fate-system-toolkit
unPlayable Games makes tabletop RPGs, and you can back them on Patreon. (CC BY-SA):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:unplayable-games
Nameless Horror is a horror RPG without a name. (CC BY):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:nameless-horror
Ghosts is an older RPG by Jason Morningstar, but since the PDF is no longer available I’m now hosting it. (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:ghosts
Rafu is a game designer who you can support on Patreon. (CC BY, CC BY-SA):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:rafu
Other
Wealth Inequality in America is an informative video about what people expect the gap between rich and poor to be, and what it actually is. (CC0): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:wealth-inequality-in-america
Poetics for Cosmonauts is a book of poems. (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:poetics-for-cosmonauts
Arduino is a circuit board company but I’m not sure of the extent of their FLO licensing. (CC BY-SA):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:arduino
Al Jazeera has released quality video footage. (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:al-jazeera
Many Uncensored Interview interviews are licensed. (CC BY):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:uncensored-interview
Behance is an Adobe project that hosts artists’ portfolios. All CC licences are available, and there is no way to sort by licence used. I have suggested this as a feature – maybe you should too. (The rate of FLO licensing is very low). (all CC): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:behance
Solitudes & Silence is a fantasy novel. The site is down so I am rehosting on the FOSsil Bank wiki. (CC BY-SA and an in-house licence): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:solitudes-silence
Proprietary Shareable Works
Bloomsbury Academic publishes non-fiction. (CC BY-NC, an in-house licence I haven’t examined):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:bloomsbury-academic
Copyright and Creation is a report from the London School of Economic and Political Science which found that online sharing does not reduce creator profits. (CC BY-NC):http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:copyright-and-creation