Joe Hernandez , NPR; C-e-a-s-e and desist: 'The New York Times' goes after Wordle spinoffs
"The New York Times has sent takedown notices to "hundreds" of coders who've made clones of the popular word game, Wordle.
Wordle is a hit online sensation where players have to guess a five-letter word in six tries. Since the newspaper bought it in 2022 from creator Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, the word game has spawned a litany of spinoffs, from the more complex Quordle to the irreverent Sweardle.
Now, the Times is accusing some Wordle clone creators of copyright infringement violations and asking that their code be removed from the website GitHub, a platform that lets developers publicly share their code. The news was first reported last week by 404 Media."
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