“Adapted From”

Is it vanity or curiosity that leads me to Google myself? Either way, the experience is revealing, and what I find is not always what I expect. Lately, I’ve been bothered by the use of the words “adapted from” when I find my lessons republished elsewhere.

I have never been stingy with my lessons, but I do say to link to my site. I wish more people simply made links. Adapting does not mean taking something word for word and republishing it as your own. I would expect adaptations to look similar but to be different–noticeably different. I have even seen my own work under someone else’s copyright. Sharing is fine–stealing is not, and adapting seems to be an ambiguous concept.