In this case, it does seem like Pearson violated the GPL license. It is probably worth noting that Google didn't use the GPL license for Android. I'm assuming

In this case, it does seem like Pearson violated the GPL license. It is probably worth noting that Google didn't use the GPL license for Android. I'm assuming that Google chose to go with the Apache License for Android because they thought that the GPL license would inhibit some commercial development (e.g. a handset-maker who doesn't like GPL) from building on top of the platform.