It isn't charitable and I don't think it adds to the discussion.
> Also, from a comment by the article author: "I feel that part of the problem with WordPress and Rails is that that there is no model for replacing poor governance."
He is explicitly calling out the lack of a governance replacement model, not calling out the failure to choose to step down by those leaders.
> Was there a Mastodon succession plan before Rochko unexpectedly stepped down?
No, but there should have been. What if he had been hit by a bus?
Not having governance and plans for sucession means that the only option for change is "non-peaceful" which means that when people think a change is required there will be problems. I would argue that many of these problems in these projects is caused more by this than by the particlar bad leaders.