The Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo projects, having been donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) last year, are now targeting a move from the CNCF Sandbox to the Incubation stage. This transition requires meeting the CNCF's Incubation requirements, a critical one being vendor neutrality. An initial assessment has identified several areas where the projects currently do not meet this requirement, primarily due to their historical ties to Red Hat. This epic is dedicated to addressing these issues, thereby ensuring the projects are truly vendor-neutral and ready for Incubation.