Unless sfconservancy first purchased a router, I don't believe that the GPL forces them to hand over the source code.
The mentioned GPL in the article is v2, so lifting from there, the valid parts are probably:
> a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
> b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
No part of the GPL, as far as I'm aware, requires distribution to anyone who isn't a customer.