[hkmurakami]

> I hope one day I'll live in a country where I have freedom to write any code I like without fearing.

Frankly I don't know if we are that country. :(

[brillenfux]

In the context of a Chinese hacker fearing prison this is awfully cynical hyperbole.

[DanBC]

It's obviously far worse in china, but still.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lech_Johansen

[hkmurakami]

Agreed. And even in the small world of my college, this happened for a student writing some filesharing code.

http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2003/05/peng-riaa-settle-i...