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		milesvp on March 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NY Times issues DMCA takedowns of Wordle clones The game is mastermind with letters. Even mastermind probably has prior art. Also, hard to say that there is a right to stop clones given rules aren’t copyrightable.

livrem on March 6, 2024 [–]

Yes, Mastermind is a variant of an old folk game called Bulls and Cows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_Cows

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