That link to the Osmocom site doesn't invalidate anything that the SFLC said.
"But if lots of thousands of people donates significant amounts of money and Golden Delicious will be able to hire thousands of engineers to work on it, then it might fly."
If a project existed that had the goal of making a phone -- with no proprietary software anywhere [0] -- that would certainly be a contribution to society and I would happily give tons of money for such a thing. As it is I do not see the people working on the Neo900 having that goal nor do I see it as bringing the world any closer to having one that does as there are already other phones that can be used with this level of freedom. Instead, I've only seen justifcations and excuses through various channels as to why it's *not* being done (WiFi chip size? Really? etc.) Why not *try*? Someone's got to in order for such a thing to exist. Unless, of course, the goal isn't to make a 100% free phone but one that's almost there and to justify and excuse the exceptions made. In that case please call this out on the website. My primary comlaint of the Neo900 is that most I've talked to seem to think it's 100% free, while in truth it is not (GSM, graphics, possibly WiFi.) Regardless of the reasons/justifications/excuses for using those, it seems more honest to call these components out as exceptions so that people know what they're (not) getting.
[0] https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria
