[Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

Thu Nov 8 16:01:25 CET 2012

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+On 08/11/2012 10:03, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 2012/11/8 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:
+>> 
+>>> This is an official letter, and therefore should have the
+>>> official address to the recipient.
+>>> 
+>>> Consider using a more generinc term, like «Greetings» or «Good 
+>>> morgning» (depending on the time of day you send the email.) or
+>>> a similar term.
+>>> 
+>>> This is far too colloquial, and unsuitable for a letter to an 
+>>> official body.
+>>> 
+>> Agreed.
+> 
+> Yes, +1
+> 
+> But here we have the differences of English "rules" in different 
+> countries and even schools. In Germany in "Business English" I
+> learned to address the recipient in an official letter with
+> 
+> "Madam, Sir,
+> 
+> On behalf of........"
+> 
+> No "dear" or "forever yours" :)
+> 
+> I received some official letters with that same address from
+> English companies (mostly unwanted business offers but
+> nevertheless), one even from a company specialized in setting up
+> LTD organisations by UK laws.
+> 
+Yes, that sounds perfectly acceptable, and I guess is a move to
+internationalise addressing unknown people.  The traditional "Dear
+Sir" and "Yours faithfully" sounds increasingly archaic, even though
+it is still much in use.
+
+Anne
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