of internet resources
(web and email): the two common places for a course are the
classroom and the website of the course, where I put all course
materials. I have published all my research data of the last 20
years on the web (re-edition of books, articles, texts of old
dictionaries as interactive databases, treaties from the 16th
century, etc.). I publish proceedings of symposiums, I publish
a journal, I collaborate with French colleagues by publishing
online in Toronto what they can't publish online at home. In
May 2000, I organized an international symposium in Toronto
about French studies enhanced by new technologies (Les etudes
francaises valorisees par les nouvelles technologies). (...)

I realize that without the internet I wouldn't have as many
activities, or at least they would be very different from the
ones I have today. So I don't see the future without them. But
it is crucial that those who believe in free dissemination of
knowledge make sure that knowledge is not 'eaten' by commercial
ventures for them to sell it. What has happened in book
publishing in France, in linguistics for example, where you can
only find textbooks for schools and exams, should be avoided on
the web. You don't go to Amazon.com and the likes to find
disinterested science. On my website, I refuse any
sponsorship."

= A few leading projects

# MIT OpenCourseWare

The MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative launched by
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to put its course
materials for free on the web, as a way to promote open
dissemination of knowledge. In September 2002, a pilot version
was available online with 32 course materials. The website was
officially launched in September 2003. 500 course materials
were available in March 2004. In May 2006, 1,400 course
materials were offered by 34 departments belonging to the five
schools of MIT. In November 2007, all 1,800 course materials
were available, with 200 new and updated courses per year.

MIT also launched the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW
Consortium) in November 2005, as a collaboration of educational
institutions that were willing to offer free online course
materials. One year later, it included the course materials of
100 universities worldwide.

# Public Library of Science

With the internet as a powerful medium to disseminate
information, it seems quite outrageous that the results of
research - original works requiring many years of efforts -