E+ is GPL?
No, and it's not likely to be for some time as Easy, a co-original developer and "owner" of the code, has publicly stated so at
http://www.excessiveplus.net---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you happen to have a fully copy of that license? I can only find Quake 3 1.32b source, which is licensed under GPL v2.
The most common excerpt from the SDK one seems to be this;
ID grants to you the non-exclusive and limited right to distribute copies of
the Software free of charge for non-commercial purposes by electronic means
only and the non-exclusive and limited right to use the Software to create
your own modifications (the “New Creations”) for operation only with the full
version of the software game QUAKE III ARENA
I haven't tested this, but if E+ for OpenArena does not work with id Quake 3, they are violating the license.
I invite you to contact id or better yet, ZeniMax Media (their parent company) and relay your concerns... seriously, no sarcasm intended.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AFAIK (but have not tried), E+ is distributed in two different packages: one optimized for Q3A and one optimized for OA. I don't know it the OA package can run under Q3A or not.
Gig, no need to guess. The OA Wiki (your baby) has listed since 2009 that E+ comes in 2 separate packages. And they will ONLY work in their intended environments unless you modify the qvm.
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DO NOT LINK) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Mods/Excessive_Plus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I had intended to make this post months ago as I was hoping for a joint release of E+ and the new OA version but I can't postpone the FragFest any longer.