It was more of a general complaint. I have a Kyocera Rise, and it's locked down pretty well. The fact that it's a fairly unpopular budget phone doesn't help.
The kernel was released... But I don't think I have the patience to try porting something myself.
There's some guides out there on how to do it, but would have to look around for something specific.
Of course that also means you have to have an unlocked bootloader as well or the above is kind of moot.