Elm's Governance Crisis: A Contributor's Account
2025-02-16
A long-time Elm contributor details their reasons for leaving the community, citing the Elm core team's leadership style and restrictive native module policies. The author describes autocratic decision-making, lack of transparency and fairness, and suppression of community contributions. They argue that the core team's actions violate the spirit of open source and unfairly impact community members, especially non-native English speakers and minority groups. The post raises concerns about governance and fairness in open-source projects.