SAP license fees are due even for indirect users, court says It's what happens when you don't have the freedom of open source software... proprietary software can have current or future catches in their licensing models. The current case being like the example of SAP here, and the future being where Microsoft changed its licensing model for its MSSQL database licensing and companies had to suddenly fork out more cash which they had not planned for. From the article: SAP's named-user licensing fees apply even to related applications that only offer users indirect visibility of SAP data, a U.K. judge ruled Thursday in a case pitting SAP against Diageo, the alcoholic beverage giant behind Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer. The consequences could be far-reaching for businesses that have integrated their customer-facing systems with an SAP database, potentially leaving them liable for license fees for every customer that accesses their online store. See http://ift.tt/2lilEQf
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