Formal Protest
» Base code and personal code libraries are allowed, but should be declared and shared with the community prior to beginning your entry. To do this, make a blog post.
I want to post a formal protest against the rule (above) that says that my personal library must be shared. It happens that my library is commercial and I can’t share it.
Also, there is no advantage being gained as a popular commercial game engine such as Unity3d is much more complex and complete. Also there is a curve on learning my library which would make it unpractical anyway.
Making it short, please consider dropping this requirement for this or future LD compos 
(I will be having to participate in the Jam only for this reason)
thanks!
BiraNeto
Comments
29. Apr 2011 · 14:40 UTC
Here is my interpretation of the rules:
29. Apr 2011 · 14:40 UTC
Is your commercial library available for sale? If so, then you can use it, no worries.
heuermh
29. Apr 2011 · 14:44 UTC
I would respectfully disagree with you on this point. One of the most appealing things to me about LD is the rule that source and dependencies must be made available.
29. Apr 2011 · 14:44 UTC
I think the reasoning is something like this: There may not be an advantage in your case, but that doesn’t mean everyone is in the same situation. Some people may have very complete engines they would prefer not to share and that would put them at an advantage. Also consider that unity (free) has some missing features which are relatively common in other frameworks.
29. Apr 2011 · 14:48 UTC
Do note, “open sourcing” or “public domaining” isn’t required. Just because you release code publicly doesn’t mean you forfeit any rights to it. You’re also not required to provide any instructions for actually building it.