Hmmm, Peter, I'm not seeing how anything you just posted is relevant to this topic. ![]()
Here is the tricky part:
\[quote]As to any non-open source component[/b] of a Participant's entry, Participant grants[/b] to VMware and all recipients to whom Participant's virtual appliance entry is distributed, a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully paid-up, royalty-free, right and license in all of Participant's intellectual property rights[/b][/quote]
The statement does not explicity mention third party IP, only the Participant's IP. If I'm reading this correctly, then it would indeed be safe to include the JRE because I am not required to grant any rights to it; I'm only required to grant rights to my IP.
Srinivas?