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On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 16:55 -0800, Yuhong Bao wrote:
> > > I read the patent and it looks like UEFI or for that matter any
> > > non
> > > -Windows implementation of FAT would probably not infringe on the
> > > patent.
> > 
> > Well, I'm not going to give you a legal opinion. However, most
> > people
> > think this patent covers the long vs short filenames conversions
> > used
> > by vfat. The UEFI implementation definitely implements the long vs
> > short name conversions for FAT/VFAT compatibility.
> > 
> > James
> 
> I actually read the claims in the patent and my point is that it
> mostly only covers the INT 21h interface in Win9x,
> which UEFI or for that matter Linux don't use.

Um, that's the first two independent claims.  The long filename stuff
begins at claim 4.

James