Hooks in the code for coin-op?

[rubinbennett]

Hi folks
Pardon the intrusion, I have a silly question that I am marginally qualified to answer on my own (I've googled extensively, and even read through some of the code to the limited degree that I can). We're building an arcade cabinet as a fun side project, with the intent to use it to collect donations for a local human services non-profit agency. It's currently running Ubuntu and we've installed Extreme Tuxracer on it, and it all works great. We're missing a key feature so far, though - I'm wondering if there is any provision in the code for a coin acceptor?

I'd love it if it worked sort of like MAME, but for legal reasons we can't use MAME for this project because the license specifically forbids using it to collect money in any way, even if it's for a non profit or charity.

I've seen some version of Tuxracer in an arcade before, so it would appear that someone somewhere has added the code to do coin-op, but so far I've been unable to find it.

Any input, comments or directions to look would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks very much in advance,
Rubin Bennett

[cousteau]

Might have to do with the old Tux Racer 1.1, which was commercial.

[alpha-42]

Can anyone more familiar with the license answer the question: can the current version of ETR legally be used in a money-making situation, such as an arcade machine? If it's doable, I'm sure a basic Raspberry Pi + screen + keyboard + coinop setup would be inexpensive and AWESOME.