ohlookarabbit

You are not alone with this opinion. It has to be free software (free speech, not free beer).

Depends on the application, but I can imagine paying for some GUI heavy applications (e.g. audio/video editing). It would have to be open source though. Otherwise definitely no deal.

Exact same thing here. One could actually interact with the community very easily, the information was well organized and they made changes in the code visible on the front page of their website. I had other players afterwards, but since then it was always a requirement that it can run RockBox. I loved it especially for its playlist management. Thanks RockBox team!