Because the code was without copyright, authors were free to study it, adapt, rewrite and build upon it.

The author also adapted Vows of Silence into a film.

The authors adapted them from old cookbooks written by women who knew the Austen family.

The author adapted the story for the stage in 1900 with André Antoine.

Good audio books will become better as talented authors adapt to writing for the ear with shortened sentences.

In the centuries after independence, Vietnamese authors adapted Chinese characters to produce a script for their own language.

The author adapted the novel as a British television serial in 1956.

The author adapted his novel into the noted film noir cult film of the same name.

The author is also currently adapting the book for film.

Finally, a priest or educated author would have adapted all this material by around 1360 in the version that is known today.