🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Sep 12, 2016 08:03 PM UTC:
Personally, I have never asked permission from inventors of variants I've borrowed from. I didn't ask Christian Freeling if I could use the name Grand Cavalier Chess, and I didn't ask Daniel MacDonald for permission to use the Wizard and Champion in my games. If it's how you prefer to operate, you can go ahead and ask people for permission. What I consider the important thing is that you are confident in the quality of your games and consider them worth publishing.
Personally, I have never asked permission from inventors of variants I've borrowed from. I didn't ask Christian Freeling if I could use the name Grand Cavalier Chess, and I didn't ask Daniel MacDonald for permission to use the Wizard and Champion in my games. If it's how you prefer to operate, you can go ahead and ask people for permission. What I consider the important thing is that you are confident in the quality of your games and consider them worth publishing.