The question is: is that enough to defeat GPL's virality? I'm starting to
Defeat isn't quite the right word. It is actually distributed under two licenses, one for unmodified and one for with-modifications. The Apache license also does that, though in our case they are just two clauses in a single license.
think that it might well be the case: as long as you don't modify Kawa or Qexo, those classes would be used just like any Sun classes so if it's OK to include a Sun jar it might be OK to include even Kawa/Qexo. Still, they are shipping even a copy of the GPL2 license with the distribution, so I'm not sure it would be enough.
It is enough. To be fair, the distribution should always be paired with a license file that describes the terms in effect. A jar file would list the simple terms described, with a link back to the source. A source distribution would have to include the GPL2 license inside, though that alone does not make a distribution viral.
Note, however, that I wouldn't recommend this style of licensing to everyone. Among other things, it requires that the original author maintain full copyright on the entire work, or at least not accept any contributed modifications without an explicit grant of license.
....Roy
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