They have said that the bootloader will be unlockable. I doubt they'll do much more than that but if it's unlockable then the Community will hopefully get LineageOS or other ROMs working.
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They already replied. Said unlocked but will void your warranty yadda yadda.
But:
The hardware drivers (especially for the built-in keyboard) may be proprietary.
So that's a show stopper unless they provide a binary.
A closed source keyboard driver is an insane concept, why in the world isn't it just a usb or ps/2 device internally like laptop keyboards
Their device, their rules I suppose.
If I can't use it with an AOSP OS it's a pass from me. Hasn't stopped all the other handset makers from doing it though.
Typically the closed source drivers are called "Vendor/Binary Blobs", and ROMs and AOSP is still totally possible on it.
AFAIK there's never been a 100% FOSS Android phone. At the bare minimum the cellular modem is generally closed source. Even Fairphone. https://code.fairphone.com/projects/fairphone-4/binary-blobs-package.html