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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).</H1>
<B>Anne Wilson</B>
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On 08/11/2012 10:03, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
><i> 2012/11/8 Anne Wilson <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">cannewilson at googlemail.com</A>>:
</I>>><i>
</I>>>><i> This is an official letter, and therefore should have the
</I>>>><i> official address to the recipient.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Consider using a more generinc term, like «Greetings» or «Good
</I>>>><i> morgning» (depending on the time of day you send the email.) or
</I>>>><i> a similar term.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> This is far too colloquial, and unsuitable for a letter to an
</I>>>><i> official body.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>><i> Agreed.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Yes, +1
</I>><i>
</I>><i> But here we have the differences of English "rules" in different
</I>><i> countries and even schools. In Germany in "Business English" I
</I>><i> learned to address the recipient in an official letter with
</I>><i>
</I>><i> "Madam, Sir,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> On behalf of........"
</I>><i>
</I>><i> No "dear" or "forever yours" :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I received some official letters with that same address from
</I>><i> English companies (mostly unwanted business offers but
</I>><i> nevertheless), one even from a company specialized in setting up
</I>><i> LTD organisations by UK laws.
</I>><i>
</I>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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