Ya, it is still non-free and it appears that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has taken many steps backwards in terms of freedom. According to their blog post [1] about it, they are promoting a stripped down version of Windows 10* and have been working with Microsoft [2] to make this happen. The Raspberry Pi foundation cares no more about freedom than Microsoft does. The road that the Raspberry Pi foundation is taking is not a great thing for freedom or education.

[1] Raspberry Pi2 - http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/

[2] Win 10 on PI - http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support

* It most likely is their Internet of Things platform, not a full version of Windows 10 with a GUI.

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