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If you plan on keeping it open, there will have to be LARGE numbers of content checks, because we arnt just talking about 'holes' here, we will get people who will happily re-build the entire game with hacks and cracks inside it. Keeping it open source, it wouldnt be a case of 'plugging holes' because the holes may not be there to plug  i hope you understabd where i'm coming from here 
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Well, people could do the same to Linux or any other open source software but I'm not aware of it happening. Usually there's an official "approved" version for people to download, just like we see with Linux and many other OSS packages.
Someone with a hacked version of the game would have a very hard time convincing cautious server operators that they should use it over the official version. On the other hand, I agree with you that preventing cheats with an open source client will be a challange, but there's usually a solution to every problem.
Anyone with anticheat experience in here that can comment on this?