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I do sympathize with your points of view regarding open source.
I'm sure you read Richard M. Stallman, so you won't mind accepting less comfort for the sake of openness or freedom.
There are readers, which can be updated with openinkpot firmware, some companies even provide the sources for the bigger part of the firmware, eg. Pocketbook claim to do so (they are of course not allowed to show the sources of ADE).
When it comes to books: You anyway can buy any book from any store. If you feel strongly about DRM, just don't buy DRMd books. It has nothing to do with the reader, actually.
You might have to accept less comfort, until the book is finally on your reader, but it is possible.
As soons as you strive for comfort and ease, you will very quickly find yourself in some kind of walled garden. That's just how the situation is at the moment and the more I appreciate your persistence.
If you ever happen to come across a book, which is only available with DRM and you need it for whatever reason, calibre with some plugins will be your friend here. By the way, calibre is licenced under GPL, it's a fantastic library software and makes administration and conversion (if necessary) as easy as possible.
To make a long story short: If openness and freedom are predominant, get a reader which can be upgraded with openinkpot. If you want some extras (pearl screen, touch), get any of the recent readers (doesn't make much of a difference) and still buy only DRM-free books. Oh, before I forget: Get calibre.
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