No need asking. We've set up this policy:
http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/ref/policy/
exactly for this kind of situation.
w.
http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/ref/policy/
- New parts (and fixes) with a hold vote, which haven't been fixed within three months are open to anyone. Grab it and fix it right away without asking permission. The author has got the chance to respond to a hold vote, and if he hasn't, at least he has had his chance to either correct the part or defend its correctness. On the other side it gives the community the opportunity to work the queue of held parts.
exactly for this kind of situation.
w.
LEGO ergo sum