HTC Willfully Violates the GPL in T-Mobile's New G2 Android Phone (Freedom to Tinker)

That said, I also don't think we as a community should jump straight to "court case". We've already tried the step of having developers ask nicely. We need to try the intermediate step of having a lawyer very directly tell them that they've violated the GPL and need to fix the problem, and see if they'll listen. If they still refuse to listen, then absolutely, take it to court, but don't jump straight there from "we asked and they said no", since the variant of "no" they used sounds a lot like "we just don't have a clue". Someone needs to give them a clue, rather than immediately burning them.