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# CISPE marks Broadcom "Red" and SAP "Amber" on cloud licensing harm
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-15-cispe-broadcom-sap-statement/
- Published: 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:34.000Z
- Description: CISPE rates Broadcom "Red" for excluding most European cloud providers from reselling VMware and ending Bring Your Own Licence rights, rates SAP "Amber" for steering customers to its own cloud, and urges the Commission to act.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [CISPE statement, 15 September 2026](https://www.cispe.cloud/broadcom-doubles-down-on-harm-to-european-cloud-and-sap-extends-unfair-licensing-behaviour/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the Commission has opened any formal proceeding against either company on these points.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion; moves no question until an institution acts on Broadcom or SAP licensing. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)