That is awesome! 

I agree that making the verbiage tighter, more compelling wouldn't hurt. But it's nice to see it in action.
Maybe it is gaining traction. Andrew Couts writes about technology. He was one of the people I was going to direct tweet to, but did not have a chance. Someone (mrcproductivity) beat me to it and Andrew tweeted the link to the petition.
Let's hope this trend continues.