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http://shop.geeksphone.com/en/phones/8-peak.html

        CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 8225 1.2Ghz x2.
        UMTS 850/1900/2100 (3G HSPA).
        GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE).
        Screen 4.3" qHD IPS Multitouch.
        Camera 8 MP (back) + 2 MP (front).
        4 GB (ROM) and 1 GB (RAM).
        MicroSD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM, Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, Compass, GPS, MicroUSB, Flash (camera).
        Battery 1800 mAh.

Geeksphone the company who designed the two developer preview phones, and Telefónica are Spanish companies.

I would guess that the phones you get with a contract or pre-paid would be locked for a certain time, but if you can get hold of a developer preview phone, it is completely open, the only problem so far is that whenever they have some in stock they are sold out very fast.

Get a GeeksPhone then. AFAIK it comes with Cyanogen by default (and root access).
The makers have said many times that they encourage modification. They have a forum where users can make suggestions for features or design.
They even test some user customized ROMs, and if they are considered of great quality they make them official (giving credit to the author). Users who install those ROMs keep their phone guaranty intact.

http://www.geeksphone.com/en/soporte/descargas/drivers.php#

I would also suggest using webDAV at home or setup remotely, and configure your calendar, contacts, bookmarks and other file-syncing that way (of course encrypting everything before it hits the wire).

Additionally, in September RMS wrote a great piece on Android that might be of interest to you. Also, this little nugget from Firefox developers doing a pseudo-Q/A on Reddit (i know, i'm sorry) regarding your privacy in the browser might also be of concern to you.

There are phones available that come with root already accessible. Geeksphone is one example, future HTC phones will have this when they ship too.

Not to mention if the specs were better:

http://www.geeksphone.com/en/moviles/especificaciones.php

Which companies are NOT on the list?

One of them is GeeksPhone. Rooted out of the box, runs vanilla Android or CyanogenMod.

There is power in being a consumer

Yeah, like there's power in being a voter. But I don't see many supporters of minority parties celebrating because their interests are being represented in Congress.

The beauty of the free market compared to democracy is that you don't need to be in the majority to get what you want. The majority can buy from Motorola and others while you can freely buy from the those that cater to you. Personally I have an OpenMoko Freerunner. If you want something newer you could have look at GeeksPhone, Nokia 900 or one of the many other phones out there to see if they are free enough for you.

They have that and it's called GeeksPhone. The price for mine was better than Google's developer handset and even though it originally came with Android 1.5 they have provided 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3(Gingerbread). It comes rooted and their forums will happily help you with whatever mod you want to attempt.

I no longer care what Motorolla or anyone else does because I have a phone that does what I want.

To whatever extent the original article is true, there are ways around any problems - just look at:

http://www.geeksphone.com/en/

If these guys can put together a working android phone in a short timeframe, as they appear to have done, and be looking ahead to their second model, and building a community, it shows that there can be a way forward for open source software in combination with hardware... In fact it makes 'computer companies' into hardware companies again through allowing the community to work on what it can easily - the software - and leaving the company to sort out the hardware - and do it at what is to my eyes a pretty compelling price.

In the 'phone' (aka mobile computing) world this is the equivalent to being able to go to ubuntu.com and order a ubuntu branded pc/laptop/netbook/MID/smartphone, and know that I'm going to get a device that works, is free (speech), and will work with other devices from the same company - is it not?