Centos is RedHat's property, full stop. Even in the post 2014 centos bylaws, RedHat can do whatever it damn pleases with centos, including but not limited to cheerfully ignoring the centos steering committee. I would not be surprised if it has the option to replace the entire committee, Stop thinking of centos as a community project and start seeing it as RedHat's IP and everything -- licensing, the new relationship with RHES -- will make sense. The Cheese has moved: follow the cheese or find a new one. Each choice has repercussions.