Quake 3 Source to be released under the GPL!

[jdodson]

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/641/641662p1.html

Read it, know it, love it.

[seethru]

looking forward to getting my hands on this

[crane]

Very cool news!

[baRRacuda]

"ID Software" rules!

[thechitowncubs]

surprise

[bjweeks]

wOOt I hope this means quake 3 on amd 64

[Slugger]

wOOt I hope this means quake 3 on amd 64

Same here

[jdodson]

Same here

Well unless they did some x86 specific stuff(Which i doubt) then some code would have to be changed, however I imagine, a recompile with some minor changes would do the trick perhaps.

I will get the source when it is released, I will let you know.

[arcanistherogue]

Nice. I read about this in John Carmack's blog, this looks very sweet.

[drummer]

Yay.. but how do I install it? I downloaded the source from fileplanet but it's only 2.8meg (?!?). I installed it anyway all there was a folder in my home directory with a bunch of .c and .h source files and stuff but I don't see how I can play it. Do I still need the original .pk3 files from an install CD? If that's the case, is the source release just to be able to develop mods and things? What can I actually use it for?