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The gameplay rules of Wordle are not patented or protected. Anyone can make a clone with the same rules, just don't call it Wordle or use trademarked/copyright
by qbasic_forever 5y ago
The gameplay rules of Wordle are not patented or protected. Anyone can make a clone with the same rules, just don't call it Wordle or use trademarked/copyrighted names associated with it.
See more here: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=cd3b3bbc-03d8-47e1-b8cc-abb2cd48fff3 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=cd3b3bbc-03d8...
- mtmail 5y agoOr literally copy the code. There was a Show HN for https://opensourcewordle.com/ https://opensourcewordle.com/ (no longer works, [edit: found it] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30185004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30185004) that took the obfuscated Javascript, replaced the URL, changed the license and repackaged it. When called out in the comments the author doubled down and insisted they emailed the original author and NYT. Anyway, a week later the website stopped working, github repository deleted, and (surprisingly, very rare and must have needed moderator manual action) the HN username changed from first-namelast to something random.