Quake III source to be released under the GPL

Comments   1   Date Arrow  August 14, 2005 at 11:18am   User  by Harry Kalogirou

John Carmack noted at his QuakeCon speech that the source code of Quake III will be released next week!

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Even though Quake III is old technology (it is 5 years old) this is big news. A lot of hobby programmers will take it and push it to the limits, which is always fun to watch. Think of Tenebrae for example.

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  • #1.   Software Bits - Bite the softness 08.15.2005

    Quacke III Source Code will be released soon!

    Yes, finally! The Quacke III Source Code will be released. True 3D in an easy to use environement. The Game modder have developed fine tools to create a new Game. Maybe i could use it to some Multimedia Gimmick. I can’t wait to see it. Wohoo!

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