@admiraljkb
Most Linux kernels these days don't use the tech described in the MS Fat32 patent. The concensus is that you only violate the patent if you write to Fat32 file systems via the method described in the patent. The patent apparently doesn't prohibit reading long file names, only writing both short and long filenames to the volume. Plus, as I understand it, there is a kernel patch by Andrew Trigdell that writes only the long filename and generates a garbage string short filename that doesn't violate the patent.
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