Raises interesting questions about preservation and archival. Would be interested in hearing more on the angle of open-sourcing as a means for increased productivity.
Open source can be a solution, but it's limited by bitrot; what it runs on, and who or what is capable of interpreting it.
I feel there needs to be something else, haven't quite found out what that might be.
That's the source of my frustration whenever the open source solution is brought up. It only works when there are hands present to maintain the source.
Which is much more effort than, say, writing a book and leaving it some place to be rediscovered. Only the popular or the intensely niche seem to survive.