Government 2.0

I’ve had this idea for a while, would it be possible to have a government that is really “by the people and for the people”. Would it be possible to structure government like an Open-Source software project? If you are not familiar with open source software it is software developed by a community of developers who make contributions to the project. The community uses the software and if they see an issue or a feature that they would like they write the code and give it back to the community. Is it possible to apply this to government? Instead of congress citizens would propose and debate legislation. I’m not really sure how it would all work but i think that is part of the process. you start with a core of principles and we all work to improve it, to make sure it provides the rights, service and freedoms required by all citizens. I did some searching and found someone else with the same idea I had, The minimal compact: An open-source constitution for post-national states. It is an interesting idea, one that might become the basis for the government of Utopia.