I don't think I needed a credit card or cell phone to register with codeberg. I did need an email address.
In theory if we wanted to be very inclusive we could do things based on web of trust or P2P tech or in-person sneakernet. It'd be fun, but it'd be slow.
I'm writing this from a DevOps perspective. I suppose branding all OSS as "impossible to develop without credit/debit card and cell phone" isn't in good taste on my part from a more generalized perspective.
In theory if we wanted to be very inclusive we could do things based on web of trust or P2P tech or in-person sneakernet. It'd be fun, but it'd be slow.