Sirius is Britain’s Most Respected and Best Established Open Source Business, According to Sirius Itself, So Why Defraud the Staff?

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-03-30 09:14:59 UTC
Modified: 2023-03-30 09:14:59 UTC

Video download link | md5sum Victims of Open Source Charlatans Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0

Summary: Following today's part about the crimes of Sirius 'Open Source' another video seemed to be well overdue (those installments used to be daily); the video above explains to relevance to Techrights and how workers feel about being cheated by a company that presents itself as "Open Source" even to some of the highest and most prestigious public institutions in the UK

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Sirius is Britain’s Most Respected and Best Established Open Source Business, According to Sirius Itself, So Why Defraud the Staff?

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