First, a little bit of background: back in 1993, I uploaded Volkov Commander to Simtel FTP, they complained to the university I was uploading pirated software a

First, a little bit of background: back in 1993, I uploaded Volkov Commander to Simtel FTP, they complained to the university I was uploading pirated software and I got booted from the university VAX. Noone gave a hoot about explanation or the truth. In 2001, Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested. When I was choosing where to immigrate in 2006, this arrest was a factor in ruling out the USA (I was in a position I could choose). In 2017, Marcus Hutchins was arrested. Since then I have not even entered the USA and will not unless badly pressed for business. This costs me hundreds of dollars when travelling to Europe but the risk is unacceptably high now. I do not want to second guess everything I do. I do not want a simtel like misunderstanding to become a federal felony and possibly jail time. I live in Vancouver BC, in safety and freedom. And I can't imagine how a freeminded tinkerer of software (deliberately not using "hacker" here to avoid a misunderstanding) could possibly choose to leave this for the danger the US is because of the DMCA and CFAA.