sell legally arcade cabinets with coin acceptor

blob84

Hello, my name is Antonio I would ask if it is legal build and sell a cabinet with coin acceptor of a game gpl licensed.
For example if I want to build and sell a cabinet for doom 2, which is glp, can I sell it to everyone who own a bar or an arcade room etc. ?
Do I need a different license?

Thank you.

dankcushions

@blob84 nope: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Source_License

Prohibited Uses: Under no circumstances shall you, the
end-user, be permitted, allowed or authorized to commercially exploit
the Software. Neither you nor anyone at your direction shall do any
of the following acts with regard to the Software, or any portion
thereof:

Rent;

Sell;

Lease;

Offer on a pay-per-play basis;

Distribute for money or any other consideration; or
In any other manner and through any medium whatsoever
commercially exploit or use for any commercial purpose.

mitu

@blob84 said in sell legally arcade cabinets with coin acceptor:

For example if I want to build and sell a cabinet for doom 2, which is glp, can I sell it to everyone who own a bar or an arcade room etc. ?

Doom source code (the game engine) is open source (GPL), but the game content is not. Same with Quake1/2/3 or Doom3 - the game engine is open source and free to distribute, but the game content is not.
There are other open sourced games that follow the same patten (i.e. VVVVVV, Duke 3D) - their engine may be open source, but the game's content (maps/levels/art/sound/etc.) is not. That's why they're still on sale today and selling them requires a license/agreement with the game's publisher/owner - the open source nature of the engine doesn't guarantee free distribution of the game.