Copyright and the Chess Variant Pages

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These pages are made with an effort not to infringe on copyrights of others. In case of violations of copyrights, please inform us about these!

My opinion about game rules is the following: the wording of game rules is what falls under the copyright, not the game itself, i.e., a different description of the same game doesn't fall under a copyright protection. The situation becomes different when a game is patented. However, in all cases when you think the chess variant pages violate your rights or those of someone you represent in one way or another, e.g. copyrights, patents, trademarks or otherwise, please let us know, and we will try to correct the situation.