What makes computers useful is solving problems

I don't care if they adhere to written and oral traditions of the past or some other means

I need to add and divide and test values in memory. I don't care what it looks like to do that.

I don't need a passenger telling me how to drive. Why would I want a patronizing coder telling me how to use a machine?

> that make the software useful, usable, and updated

There is a lot of OSS software out there (e.g. in scientific communities) that I would say would barely qualify for each of those three attributes. The main reason it's valuable for the respective communities, is because it's the only thing that's available.