Mar. 6th, 2024

DMCA'd

Mar. 6th, 2024 06:49 pm
purplecat: Programming the Eniac Computer (General:Programming)
Via Github I have received a DCMA takedown notice for the repository containing the code for my Doctor Whordle game. Apparently the New York Times is going after the repository I forked the base code from and all forks.

Anyway the takedown message referenced

  1. Use of the word wordle
  2. Green and Yellow colour scheme
  3. 5 by 6 grid
  4. Keyboard below the grid


Now my current version of the game doesn't do any of that beyond keyboard below the grid. The Keyboard is now above the grid. Admittedly my game does have a 5 by 6 grid in Random mode but since wordle doesn't have a Random mode...

I've then jumped through some slightly convoluted hoops to delete the entire history of possibly copyright infringing* commits from GitHub. I'm not sure if that worked but I have responded to GitHub stating the changes made and wait to see if they delete the repository or not. Even if they delete the repository it's not clear to me that the actual web app will go down since it's on GitHub pages but, presumably, they will get to that eventually.

* Honestly, IANAL, but I am dubious that you can claim copyright for a 5 by 6 grid with a keyboard below it, but nor do I have time nor energy to argue with the NY Times about this.

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