The key part is “but the work as whole must be licensed under the terms of the GPL.” Licenses are freaking confusing :) but I think folks are correct to point

The key part is “but the work as whole must be licensed under the terms of the GPL.” Licenses are freaking confusing :) but I think folks are correct to point this out. My understanding is that all of the new files the author wrote can individuals be licensed MIT, but unfortunately the work as a whole should be GPL.