Well, what do orthodox Chess players know about variants?
Some practical considerations are that an explanation of the rules is redundant; any Chess player already knows you can lose castling rights, and very likely has experienced this himself more than once in a game. Special computer programs for it do not have to be created, because all existing engines for orthodox Chess that are in common use already can play it. Special servers for it are not needed, because it can already be played on all servers for orthodox Chess. (The server would not be fully rule-checking in that case, but who cares? We have presets here that don't check any rules at all, and it never discouraged people from playing these variants. Many servers do allow you to play from setup positions anyway, and there you could even set up a position without castling rights.)
The only thing that is new is that you cannot find books with opening theory on it. But the fact that a player has not memorized an opening line does not make something a variant.
Well, what do orthodox Chess players know about variants?
Some practical considerations are that an explanation of the rules is redundant; any Chess player already knows you can lose castling rights, and very likely has experienced this himself more than once in a game. Special computer programs for it do not have to be created, because all existing engines for orthodox Chess that are in common use already can play it. Special servers for it are not needed, because it can already be played on all servers for orthodox Chess. (The server would not be fully rule-checking in that case, but who cares? We have presets here that don't check any rules at all, and it never discouraged people from playing these variants. Many servers do allow you to play from setup positions anyway, and there you could even set up a position without castling rights.)
The only thing that is new is that you cannot find books with opening theory on it. But the fact that a player has not memorized an opening line does not make something a variant.