Simplify the following text for a Grade 25 native English-speaking person.
Original: a. `` Adaptation '' means a work based upon the Work , or upon the Work and other pre-existing works , such as a translation , adaptation , derivative work , arrangement of music or other alterations of a literary or artistic work , or phonogram or performance and includes cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be recast , transformed , or adapted including in any form recognizably derived from the original , except that a work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this License .
Simplified: `` Adaptation '' means a work based upon the Work , or upon the Work and other pre-existing works , such as a translation , adaptation , derivative work , arrangement of music or other alterations of a literary or artistic work , or phonogram or performance and includes cinematographic adaptations or any other form in which the Work may be recast , transformed , or adapted including in any form recognizably derived from the original , except that a work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this License .