Hmm no its not just using, they're distributing these devices to end users, which contain the GPL'd code. And GPL states that if you redistribute software then under the GPL, you are obligated to release your changes under GPL, and release any changes to source code.
So if these guys take someone elses source code licensed under GPL, modify it, and re-distributed it, then they are 'obligated' to also release the source code.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Hmm no its not just using, they're distributing these devices to end users, which contain the GPL'd code. And GPL states that if you redistribute software then under the GPL, you are obligated to release your changes under GPL, and release any changes to source code.
So if these guys take someone elses source code licensed under GPL, modify it, and re-distributed it, then they are 'obligated' to also release the source code.