chore(gov): remove governance, rely on web-team instead

[avivkeller]

Fixes nodejs/web-team#9.

An alternative to this approach is a governance file that contains the link within it, rather than removing it entirely.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR removes the local GOVERNANCE.md file from the repository and instead points users to the centralized governance document maintained by the web-team. This change consolidates governance documentation in a single location to avoid duplication and maintenance overhead.

Key changes:

• Adds a reference link to the web-team's governance document in the README
• Removes the local GOVERNANCE.md file entirely
• Updates CODEOWNERS to remove the governance file entry

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
README.md	Adds link to centralized governance document in web-team repository
GOVERNANCE.md	Removes entire local governance document (90 lines deleted)
.github/CODEOWNERS	Removes GOVERNANCE.md ownership entry as file no longer exists

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✅ Project coverage is 76.56%. Comparing base (ad86795) to head (213aa86).
⚠️ Report is 48 commits behind head on main.
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

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[bmuenzenmeyer]

i felt like you already did this 😅

[avivkeller]

@nodejs/web-admins can we merge this w/o TSC approval, since the file itself is unchanged, only moved?

[bmuenzenmeyer]

@nodejs/web-admins can we merge this w/o TSC approval, since the file itself is unchanged, only moved?

This would make sense to me if https://github.com/nodejs/web-team/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md was owned by TSC, yes?

[mcollina]

lgtm