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Abbreviated status for associations or companies (was: Aufnahmeantrag)



Hi there!

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:42 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Holger Wansing wrote:
>> 4. A paragraph or two describing how your organization uses Debian.
>> 
>> The association Belziger Forum e.V. operates the info cafe "Der Winkel"
>> since 1998 as a meeting point for migrants and native people.
>
> The "e.V" contains some useful information that isn't obvious to
> readers unfamiliar with German abbreviations; call it "the Belziger
> Forum registered voluntary association".

IMHO "e.V." (with a trailing dot) should stay as it is, for the very
same reason we do not translate Ltd., GmbH or similar.

I should admit, however, that I found no consistency in how we deal with
the one of the latter, e.g. the Partners page cites companies including
or excluding GmbH (despite the logo being clear):

  <http://www.debian.org/partners/>

One possible solution would be to simply remove such abbreviated status
(e.g. Sony legal name is "Sony Corporation").

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

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