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CISPE marks Broadcom "Red" and SAP "Amber" on cloud licensing harm

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.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted CISPE statement, 15 September 2026

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

Index score. 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

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