FOSsil Bank: A Catalogue of Shareable Resources and Libre Works

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This wiki collects and catalogues the world's shareable resources: works that can be copied and shared without breaking the law. Some of these works can be adapted and altered and some can be sold. Works that can be duplicated and adapted for profit or for free are called libre works and they are given special priority.

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How to stay up-to-date with the FOSsil Bank

How To Use This Site

  • Get Stuff without Paying for It: The majority of shareable resources (though not all of them) are available for free download.
  • Get Stuff You Can Use: If you're writing a book, maybe you want to illustrate it. If you're composing a song, maybe you want another song to remix. Most of the things on this site can be shared and adapted non-commercially — many of them can be shared and adapted commercially. See Using This Stuff for more details.
  • Contribute: If you find something under a shareable resource licence, add an entry on it to the wiki. See the tutorial for assistance. Please also add information to existing entries. There's also a list of jobs.
  • Get in Touch: If you find a work that you can't or won't add to the wiki or if you have any comments to make, please enter them on our feedback form.

How Not To Use This Site

  • This site is not an explanation of what libre is, why it matters or how to use it. For that, see Living Libre.
  • This site is not a place for comment or discussion. For that, see Living Libre.

Complete List of Works and Sources

A list of all works, sources and supplements on this site.

  • The Later Blue Book of Amaxathroth the CursedA Sorcerer supplement.
  • The Liberate Pixil Cup QuestA game where you fight monsters.
  • The Libre Labyrinth"Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses"
  • The Logic of Tales & DreamsOnce upon a time, there was a writer who wrote a story game that doesn't exist. This is that game.
  • The Modern PathA tabletop RPG.
  • The Most Dangerous Game'The second SMBC compilation, featuring comics from the entire archive, but focused on 2011.'
  • The MustangA short game about three youths who confront a demon horse.
  • The New Birthday Song Contest'WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. Here are the winners.'
  • The New Death and others'44 stories. 19 poems. No sparkly vampires. There’s a thin line between genius and insanity, and James Hutchings has just crossed it – but from which direction?'
  • The Open Book'The Open Book is a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global movement for open knowledge in the words of those who are helping to build it today.'
  • The Open Game Art Bundle'We're the people behind some of the most popular web games. The web is meant to be an open landscape; being in this bundle is how we choose to honor this.'
  • The Open Source WayA book about open source projects.
  • The Open UtopiaAn open content take on Thomas More's Utopia.
  • The OpenPhoto ProjectCloud-based storage for your photos on other sites.
  • The Ouroboros CycleBooks about roleplaying, ranging from general advice to specific settings.
  • The Peeragogy Handbook'The Handbook is the world’s first book to present Peeragogy, a synthesis of techniques for collaborative learning and collaborative work.'
  • The PenthouseA Fiasco playset.
  • The PlantA solo RPG where you play someone crawling around the innards of a power plant.
  • The Power of OpenA book from Creative Commons about how those licences have been used in various projects.
  • The Princess GameThis is a game about a little girl. The only little girl in the whole wide world. The only person there is, really.
  • The Psychology of Emotions, Feelings and Thoughts"This book makes the statement that thought, action and feeling can occur in any order, it also puts forth the idea that life is divided into three groups, emotion, thinking, and feeling."
  • The Public DomainA book on copyright, copyleft and everything else.
  • The Python Game BookWhat it says in the title.
  • The Second Year of Our REIGNSupplements 7 to 12 for REIGN.
  • The Shackled SelfA game of princes who pursue asceticism to save the world.
  • The Shrouded LandsA fantasy setting.
  • The Simple Game SystemA simple and generic rules-system based on d6s.
  • The SlipAn album from Nine Inch Nails.
  • The Social Media Reader'Culling a broad range and incorporating different styles of scholarship from foundational pieces and published articles to unpublished pieces, journalistic accounts, personal narratives from blogs, and whitepapers, The Social Media Reader promises to be an essential text, with contributions from Lawrence Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Clay Shirky, Tim O'Reilly, Chris Anderson, Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, and Fred von Loehmann, to name a few.'
  • The Third Year of Our REIGNThree alternative settings for REIGN.
  • The Toxies'The Toxies is a satirical red carpet awards ceremony for toxic chemicals and pollutants.'
  • The Trial of PolandThe rise of Solidarity in Poland.
  • The Trouble with RoseA game about that troublesome Rose!
  • The Undying LandsPeople from the real world are catapulted into a land of fairy tales.
  • The Vicious Crucible of the Eburnean Tower'The Eburnean Tower has stood for centuries as a symbol of scholarship, arcane power, and ruthless domination.'
  • The Vicious Crucible of Verdigris Valley'The borderlands of the Verdigris Valley have never been peaceful, but now an invasion force gathers at the summit of the Pashuan Way, looking hungrily down on the rich homesteads and crippled fort below.'
  • The Ware TetralogySci-fi about human-cyborg relations.
  • The Wealth of NetworksA book on the information networks made possible by the Internet.
  • The Wealth of the Commons'A new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future'
  • The WIRED CD"These musicians are saying that true creativity needs to be open, fluid, and alive. When it comes to copyright, they are pro-choice. Here are 16 songs that encourage people to play with their tunes, not just play them."
  • The Wizard's AmuletAn adventure for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons.
  • The World of GlainA setting for use with any D&D style game.
  • Theatre Is Evil'Theatre Is Evil is a studio album by Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra produced by John Congleton.'
  • TheonosisA crowdsourced fantasy setting.
  • These People Mean Nothing To Each Other'Four short pieces form something greater than the sum of their parts.'
  • ThetisA world of nautical fantasy adventure.
  • They Say The Sirens Left The SeasPoems.
  • Those Funny Funguloids!'Never before has collecting mushrooms been this mildly entertaining. At least not in outer space.'
  • Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical FallaciesAn engaging presentation of logical fallacies.
  • Threshold - Tragic SuperheroesSick people become superheroes.

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