<s>
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
,	O
launched	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
defunct	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
whitehouse.gov	O
website	O
used	O
for	O
petitioning	O
the	O
administration	O
's	O
policy	O
experts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
and	O
lists	O
both	O
public	O
domain	O
status	O
as	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
federal	O
government	O
and	O
licensing	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	O
v2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
It	O
's	O
unclear	O
whether	O
Trump	O
's	O
advisors	O
will	O
make	O
a	O
tradition	O
of	O
publicly	O
responding	O
to	O
petitions	O
from	O
the	O
American	O
people	O
,	O
"	O
Dell	O
Cameron	O
wrote	O
for	O
the	O
Daily	O
Dot	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
that	O
Trump	O
was	O
inaugurated	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
Trump	O
administration	O
that	O
same	O
day	O
"	O
archived	O
"	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
deactivated	O
)	O
all	O
petitions	O
in	O
progress	O
on	O
the	O
'	O
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
 '	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
petition	O
was	O
created	O
urging	O
the	O
government	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
as	O
an	O
economic	O
stimulus	O
and	O
job	O
creation	O
measure	O
gained	O
more	O
than	O
25,000	O
signatures	O
,	O
enough	O
to	O
qualify	O
for	O
an	O
official	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
(	O
tongue-in-cheek	O
)	O
response	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2013	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
building	O
a	O
real	O
Death	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
estimated	O
at	O
$852	O
quadrillion	O
and	O
at	O
current	O
rates	O
of	O
steel	O
production	O
,	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
ready	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
833,000	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
petition	O
started	O
by	O
OpenSignal	B-Application
co-founder	O
and	O
digital	O
rights	O
activist	O
Sina	O
Khanifar	O
reached	O
the	O
100,000	O
-signature	O
threshold	O
required	O
for	O
a	O
response	O
from	O
the	O
White	O
House	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concerns	O
about	O
the	O
efficacy	O
of	O
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
have	O
been	O
raised	O
since	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
White	O
House	O
responses	O
were	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
16	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
323	O
White	B-Application
House	I-Application
petitions	I-Application
have	O
met	O
their	O
signature	O
thresholds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
complaints	O
of	O
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
focused	O
on	O
its	O
technical	O
glitches	O
,	O
democratic	O
rationale	O
,	O
and	O
political	O
dilemmas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
digital	O
divide	O
means	O
that	O
poor	O
communities	O
may	O
have	O
had	O
difficulty	O
participating	O
equally	O
in	O
We	B-Application
The	I-Application
People	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macon	O
Phillips	O
,	O
the	O
man	O
behind	O
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
,	O
told	O
BuzzFeed	O
News	O
that	O
the	O
issue	O
stemmed	O
from	O
issues	O
with	O
its	O
cache	B-General_Concept
.	O
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