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I think you have a point. We took "open source" out of the title as misleading, since the project apparently isn't there yet.
Even if they release the original design files, it won't be open source hardware. Requiring binary blobs clearly violates the Necessary Hardware Criterion. See the OSH Definition 1.0: http://www.oshwa.org/definition/
Err, Necessary SOFTWARE Criterion.