Happy new year, here's 25 grand

With one day to go until a tax-exempt status deadline was about to be hit for the Creative Commons, who should appear at the door waving a big, fat cheque but Microsoft?

The IRS were about to lay the smack down on them until some of the Billster's cash sent them packing. As we can see from the donations page - they now have all the cash and then some. Well done!