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On 10/09/2015 16:24, Kevin Davis wrote:
> Further leading me to guess that any actual use of those
> implementations could lead to you actually needing to hire a real
> attorney and not one that you find on YouTube.

The good thing is that attorneys have already figured it out.  IBM
figured out a few years ago how to work around Microsoft's patents, and
that's how FAT32 (and more specifically long file names) are implemented
in Linux.

Paolo