Add open-source 'basic' cache provider and revamp licensing documentation (#930)

## Summary

- **New `basic` cache provider**: Adds an open-source (MIT-licensed)
caching implementation built on `@actions/cache` as an alternative to
the proprietary Enhanced Caching. Users can opt in with `cache-provider:
basic` on both `setup-gradle` and `dependency-submission` actions.
- **Revamped licensing & distribution docs**: Replaces the verbose
licensing notice block (previously shown in README, docs, and logs) with
a friendlier callout and a new dedicated
[DISTRIBUTION.md](./DISTRIBUTION.md) covering component licensing, usage
tiers, data privacy ("Safe Harbor"), and opt-out instructions.
- **Improved messaging**: Enhanced Caching and Basic Caching each
display concise, informative log messages and job summary notes instead
of the previous wall-of-text license warning.
- **New integration tests**: Adds `integ-test-basic-cache-provider.yml`
workflow that seeds and verifies the basic cache provider across
platforms, plus unit tests for `BasicCacheService` and `getCacheService`
selection logic.
- **CI workflow reorganization**: Dependency-submission integration
tests extracted into their own reusable suite
(`suite-integ-test-dependency-submission.yml`); sample project tests
moved into the caching suite.

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The software in this repository, except for the bundled `gradle-actions-caching` component, is licensed under the MIT License.
The caching functionality in this project has been extracted into `gradle-actions-caching`, a proprietary commercial component that is not covered by the MIT License for this repository.
The bundled `gradle-actions-caching` component is licensed and governed by a separate license, available at https://gradle.com/legal/terms-of-use/.
The `gradle-actions-caching` component is used only when caching is enabled and is not loaded or used when caching is disabled.
The `gradle-actions-caching` component is used only when enhanced caching is enabled and is not loaded or used with basic caching or when caching is disabled.
Use of the `gradle-actions-caching` component is subject to a separate license, available at https://gradle.com/legal/terms-of-use/.
If you do not agree to these license terms, do not use the gradle-actions-caching component.
Use the `gradle-actions-caching` component is subject to a separate license, available at https://gradle.com/legal/terms-of-use/.
For a detailed breakdown of components, licensing tiers, and data privacy terms, see DISTRIBUTION.md.