RE: Linus about GPL x BSD(long)

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 01:35 PM 7/19/2002, Francois Gouget wrote:
> 
> >Your analogy is flawed: it implies that no one can use the X11 code
> >anymore which is incorrect.
> 
> Not true. When GPLed code is intertwined with MIT-licensed code, it
> quickly becomes impossible to separate them. (Especially since any
> programmer who looks at GPLed code is thereafter "tainted" and could
> be accused of writing a derivative work if he wrotes something similar.)

True enough, but retrograde development (a la Rewind) is clearly an option.
The "pollution" issue _is_ a possible concern for retrograde developers...

Deven