“Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has refused to censor the content on the Chinese version of Wikipedia, resulting in its being blocked by the Chinese government. Google, Yahoo and others have folded to demands from Beijing’s totalitarian bureaucrats, but Wikipedia has stood firm. Predictably, Beijing has come to Wikipedia to ask them for some kind of peace-treaty, because China can ill-afford to block critical information resources if it is to remain economically strong. If only Google and Yahoo’s executives were as confident in the importance of their services as Wales is of Wikipedia.”

Boing Boing: Jimmy Wales to Beijing: Wikipedia won’t censor

Good on Wikipedia!

Of course it is much easier for them to stand tall as they do not have any shareholders to riot in the streets.

Wikipedia really is the best success story of the open source movement.