Do Android releases violate GPL before the source is released?

Hello All,

I wasn't sure where to ask this question; I figured gpl-violations.org was the best place. If this is off
topic or the wrong place I apologize. Any help figuring out where to ask would be appreciated.

The next major version of Android, Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," is currently being sold to consumers on the
Motorola Xoom tablet. However, the Android 3.0 source has not yet been released to the public. Android is
made up of various pieces of software held under various licenses, including the GPL (e.g. the Linux
kernel.) Right now a consumer can walk into Best Buy and purchase a Xoom tablet but cannot access the source
code for the GPL'ed software it ships with. I checked both the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and
Motorola's open-source website and neither of them list the Android 3.0 source or make mention of how the
source would be obtained.

My question is: does this violate the GPL? Major releases of Android often debut shipping on new hardware
before the source is released (often weeks before.) Are the AOSP, or Google, or the hardware
manufacturers then violating the GPL during that time where the source is unavailable?

Again, thanks for reading. I hope I'm interpreting this incorrectly and someone can point out how.

Thanks!
Adam Drew