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

[Donald Stewart]

On 8 November 2012 00:45, Johnny A. Solbu <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. 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.

Donald 'Schultz' Stewart

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> Johnny A. Solbu
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