Google has once again made a broad gesture of charity: Wikipedia Foundation listed the $ 2 million are told in their Twitter Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (Jimmy Wales) and member of the advisory board of Wikimedia Foundation Keypor Mitch (Mitch Kapor). However, official confirmation yet from either Google, or on Wikipedia. Most likely, it will appear tomorrow.

This donation meets Google's policy to support those projects that increase the openness and convenience of the Internet. However, here it is interesting that the whole year and a half ago, Google has created its own competitor – Wikipedia, the draft Google Knol, which some dubbed the killer of Wikipedia, while others argued that Knol will collapse. Donation Wikipedia, Google can say that Google is reconciled with the second option.

Via Mashable