FOSsil Bank Update - 22 September 2013
Chris Sakkas
Hi folks,
Back to more regular updates!
Brief Survey
I didn't get a lot of responses to the first question last time, so if you missed it please tackle it for me:
What is stopping you from contributing to FOSsil Bank?
When
I set up the FOSsil Bank, I expected members of the community to
contribute to the catalogue. After a few years, about 99% of the
1000+ entries were added by me. I don’t resent this, but I’d like
to get more involvement from others.
#FundFreeCulture
Open Well-Tempered Clavier – Ba©h to Bach is a project to score and record Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (48 days left; $11,865/$30,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293573191/open-well-tempered-clavier-bah-to-bach
Set Chopin Free will record that composer's entire corpus and return it to the public domain ($79,971/$75,000; 28 days left): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free
0 A.D. is an RTS that's been under development for some time (29 days left; $17,380/$160,000 – flexible funding): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-0-a-d-an-open-source-strategy-game
Replicant is a fully free Android distro that could use some support: https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=19
Grim World successfully funded – it's a resource for libre tabletop RPG Dungeon World (text is CC BY; $22,050/$5,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trentish/grim-world-gaming-supplement-for-dungeon-world-and
apngasm is a project to create tools that animate PNG files to replace proprietary GIFs – successfully funded ($10,433/$5,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/374397522/apngasm-foss-animated-png-tools-and-apng-standardi
Deck of Legends is a beautiful deck of illustrated cards that successfully funded (images are CC BY-SA; $12,005/$2,500): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedandmom/deck-of-legends
Conquering Corsairs of the Seven Seas is a card game that successfully funded (images are CC BY-SA; $9,241/$7,500): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/azaroth42/conquering-corsairs-pirates-of-the-silver-seas?ref=live
mailpile is a web-mail program you can run on your own computer – successfully funded ($163,192/$100,000)
Tupi is 2D animation software on Kickstarter. (GNU GPL; 4 days to go; $4,277/$30,000): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/175927790/tupi-2d-animation-software-for-everyone
App-Make-inator from Lunduke is on Bountysource. (GNU GPL; 3 days to go; $433/$3,500): https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/468
Libre works
I've split off audio works from musical ones: http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:audio-libre
Hacker Public Radio is a weekly Internet radio show (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:hacker-public-radio
National Repository of Open Educational Resources is an Indian government resource (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:nroer
The Getty hosts thousands of public domain images: http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:the-getty
Free Knowledge Based on Creative Commons Licenses is about the consequences of using the NonCommercial term (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:free-knowledge-based-on-creative-commons-licenses
What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D Printing does what it says, and does it well (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:what-s-the-deal-with-copyright-and-3d-printing
etcc is a lovely Australian project where artists build on the artworks of others (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:etcc
Tears of Steel (Chinese version) is the Blender short movie redone by Chinese actors in Chinese (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:tears-of-steel-chinese
Tabletop games
So Now You're a Time Traveler is a 2-page hack of Cthulhu Dark (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:so-now-you-re-a-time-traveler
AdventureLand is a short RPG for 'advanced role-players' (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:adventureland
Libre: The Open Source Card Game is a fantasy card game with hints of Magic: The Gathering (CC BY): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:libre-card-game
Anima Prime has been around for a while, but there's now a pocket version (CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/work:anima-prime
The DramaSystem SRD is the engine underneath the Hillfolk tabletop RPG (CC BY, OGL): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:dramasystem-srd
Johnstone Metzger's offerings:
Adventures on Dungeon Planet is a resource for the Dungeon World tabletop RPG (text is CC BY-SA; images CC BY-NC-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:adventures-on-dungeon-planet
Evil Wizard in a Cave is a short adventure for Dungeon World and Labyrinth Lord (text is CC BY-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:evil-wizards-in-a-cave
Proprietary shareable works
Brytenwalda is an ancient Britain-themed miniatures game (CC BY-NC-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:brytenwalda
Vector 3 is a sci-fi tabletop board game (CC BY-NC): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:vector-3
Lasers & Feelings is a 2-page sci-fi RPG by the brilliant John Harper (CC BY-NC-SA): http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/entry:lasers-feelings
Cheers,
Chris