Google has pledged to donate $15,000 to the MetaBrainz Foundation, which is the 501(c)3 that backs MusicBrainz. I’m hopeful that two things will result of this:

1. Mayhem gets a fair chunk of time to code on MB and make it lots better. I think this will definitely happen.
2. Google’s clear interest in MB will draw the interests of both donors and users alike. MusicBrainz is something that I very much believe in—I’ve added nearly 300 items to the database [mostly bootlegs]—and I think that it deserves a ton of attention.

Thanks, Google!