The QERadiant.com website run by Robert Duffy of id Software has been updated with word that we can expect the tools for Quake3 to be released for public mod making mania in about a week. The web page has a list of all the included tools, here's what RobbyD had to say on the release:

The editor and map building tools should be available in about a week. This will include a prebuilt editor, q3map, and additional support files to get you going with map design and construction. There will also be some sample maps and shader exam les.

I'm in the process of running the editor against various GL configurations and making sure it runs well on Win98 machines. I'll post a list of confirmed GL setups that I found to work, with the release. If it runs on a driver set installed by GLS tup I'll call it good. The tool and game source will follow sometime after this release. A few things still need done in that area but it should follow reasonably soon after the binaries. The "about a week" time frame estimate is just that. An estimate.
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