No, this isn't correct (I found it out myself).
OpenVPN behaves exactly as described in the manual. There is NO client or server in static-key mode. Even "clients" will connect to each other. The difference with pfsense is, that it omits the "remote <adress>" option when it's configured as server (if you add it under "Advanced configuration", you'll get the "client"; "rport" option is also important).
This can be important if you connect to systems with dyndns adresses (for example), because you get a conection even if the "servers"-adress won't resolve at the moment (because the "server" connects the "client").
Anyway, it works as expected…</adress>