I reached out to the Governing Board and Chris Wright (RedHat CTO) directly. So far, I've received an initial response from Rich Bowen, the CentOS community manager.

Below is his response:

"I appreciate your position, and will be presenting this petition to management in our update meeting. Please understand that I am not in a position to reconsider anything, but only to present the objections to management."

Keep up the great work with gathering signatures! Share this petition everywhere you can. E-mail the board. Make our position known!

Thank you everyone,

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