[License-review] The Better Attribution License.

[Lucy Ada Randall]

The Better Attribution License, previously named the Berkeley Artistic 
License, also knowable as the BAL is a simple to read, copyleft license 
which is intended to allow for better attribution of code in cases where 
GIT or other version control history is unavailable, e.g. cases in which 
the source code of the software is only available as a tar ball. While I 
was editing my quickly written first draft of the new “modified version 
of the license” clause, I additionally decided that providing a method 
for creating variants of this license might be a good idea. The base 
version of the license is intended to be copyleft.

The full text of the strong copyleft version of the license is available 
below:

The Better Attribution License
I: Metadata: Please see the Metadata file for up-to-date metadata for 
this project. This is only the initial metadata as of the introduction 
of this license.
Project:(project name here)
Project Developer:(developer or team name here)
Contributors: (list of contributors and contributions separated by 
semicolons, if applicable.)

II: Definitions
Standard Version: The project which is the basis for modified versions, 
also known as upstream.
Modified Versions: Partial or whole versions of the source code 
distributed by the project that have been modified, downstream.
The Software refers to the project, which is a collection of files 
distributed by the Project Developer, the "Standard Version", and 
derivatives of that collection of files created through modification of 
the source code, the "Modified Version". Additionally

III: License Terms
1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the 
Standard Version of this Software without restriction, provided that you 
duplicate all of the original copyright notices, this license (including 
the Metadata file), and associated disclaimers.

2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other modifications 
from the Project Developer or other developers (including yourself) to 
enable this software to work with modern tools, new hardware, new 
operating systems, etc. You may distribute software modified in such a 
way as the Standard Version, so long as you provide the source code of 
that modified software free of charge and undue hassle to purchasers or 
recievers of said modified software.

3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Software in any way, 
including adding features and self-percieved optimizations of the source 
code, provided that your modifications use this license or you do not 
distribute the resulting code.

4. You may choose to add your name to the contributors list within the 
metadata file, to allow the Project Developer to credit you for your 
modifications in the Standard Version of the Software.

5. You may distribute your modified copy of this Software in executable 
form, provided that you make it clear that your distribution of this 
code is modified, license your code under a version of this license 
modified only in the way(s) listed in the following sub-paragraphs, and 
provide a method to obtain both the source of the Standard Version and 
the source of your Modified Version free of charge or undue hassle.
  a. You may modify your license to change the project and project 
developer, labeling your modified version as a the project, and moving 
any prior project developer to be the primary Contributor.

6. You may distribute this Software, with or without fee, provided that 
you do not advertise the Standard Version of this Software as a product 
of your own.

7. Neither the name of the project nor the name, username, handle, etc, 
of the project developer or contributors may be used to endorse or 
promote products derived from this software without specific prior 
written permission.

8. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL 
WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES 
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY 
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER 
IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING 
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE