Am I wrong if I assume we're going to be running lots more userspace apps that are free software on Maemo than Android users? That isn't meaningless either, IMO.

Here's some more info on what exactly isn't free and where Maemo is trying to go with this, one of those wiki pages is outdated and the other definitely needs work to be a bit more clear:
http://maemo.org/community/maemo-dev...free_packages/