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

Thu Nov 8 10:55:06 CET 2012

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+On 08/11/2012 09:15, Donald Stewart wrote:
+> On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <cooker at solbu.net 
+> <mailto:cooker at solbu.net>> wrote:
+> 
+> On Tuesday 06 November 2012 23:39, Shlomi Fish wrote:
+>> Dear sirs or madams,
+> 
+> To me, this sounds a little to generic, a little to unformal when 
+> contacting a law firm. I feel that if you're using «Dear XXX» there
+> should be one or the other. I.e. Either Sir og Madam, but then you
+> need to know the gender of the one responding. and that can be a
+> little tricky. ;-)=
+> 
+> No, this is wrong, you *cannot* use just one, it has to be both.
+> You could have Dear Sir/Madam,  but the correct usage is as
+> originally stated.
+
+Except that it should be singular, as you mention, not plural as the
+original.
+
+> 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.
+
+
+Anne
+
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