Gresham's Law applies here too. Bad code drives out good. And if it costs money to maintain good code, it's going to hasten its departure. I really hope Linus and others at that level filter out all the slop that's being produced.
I agree, I think the future has to be "Open source, closed development" if maintainers really want to preserve the quality of their codebases.
what do you mean by open source, closed development. aren't they opposite terms?
I assume it's "you can see all the source, but I won't accept your changes"?