NYT Wordle Takedown Targets Reactle and 1,900 GitHub Clones
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The New York Times issued a takedown notice to Reactle, an open-source Wordle clone, which affected about 1,900 other forked versions of the game hosted on GitHub.
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The takedown notice argued that Reactle and its forks infringed on The New York Times' copyright of the original Wordle game.
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Wordle clones that were taken down included variations like Colordle and Squirdle.
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This comes after The New York Times purchased Wordle in 2022 and has since cracked down on copycat versions of the popular word game.
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Last year, The New York Times also responded to comparisons between its new Connections game and the BBC's Only Connect, calling Connections "unique" and "handcrafted".