Lowering the barrier to change still would solve little, because most people only want to consume. Besides, contribution to specs is one thing but software code is a different thing. Some quality control still needs to be in place, to avoid malicious or badly performing code. Because, for instance, anyone can learn to write JS, but few can learn to write *good* JS that doesn't make a quad-core ARM feel like 6502. My point is, the problem is not with repos, the problem is with people. On both sides.