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… software intellectual property — that is, SAP is the owner of all intellectual property relating to its software products, including data models, data structures, configuration data and metadata for its business applications.”

Unfortunately, this has changed since this article was written. SAP imposes indirect access rules for data stored in the HANA database. This is covered in the article The HANA Police and Indirect Access Charges. Secondly, in its SAPPHIRE 2017 announcement, SAP proposed that customers only own a “static read” of the data, which is covered in the article. How to Best Understand SAP’s Faux Indirect Access Announcement. Static …

… quickly. In particular, they are interested in customer purchasing, either S/4HANA or HANA.
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Conclusion
Actual implementation differs by account executive that the SAP customer has. However, SAP typically leverages any knowledge gap in their customers to get the most money out of them. How SAP does this is substantially different from any other software vendor because SAP has a vise-like control over both the IT media entities and the large SAP consulting companies. This allows SAP to create a fictional reality that seems all-encompassing. And SAP marketing is highly skilled in distributing misinformation …

… This means that every single SAP customer has indirect access liability. SAP does not bring indirect access claims against all of its customers. But the potential is always there. This means that companies need to investigate the indirect access claim before they receive a claim, not afterward.
S/4HANA and HANA
SAP will usually pitch either HANA or S/4HANA. These are pitched regardless of the fit between these products and client needs. This is simply what SAP wants to move.
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Conclusion
This issue can cost a company millions, but if they are properly prepared for an …

… to know this.
The Issue Has SAP’s Full Attention?
I am confident, however, that this issue has SAP’s full attention, and that there is more concrete, actionable information to come from them.
The actionable step is straightforward. Buy millions of dollars of SAP software, (preferably S/4HANA and HANA). Those are the concrete, actionable steps ASUG has to offer.
Trusted Guidance from ASUG?
What Steps Should I Take Next?
If you have concerns and want clarification, talk to ASUG first.
Not only should you not talk to ASUG first, but you also should not apprise ASUG in any …

… what was really provided here?”
SAP has not necessarily claimed to own a customer’s data, but they seem to be moving in that direction.
HANA, in particular, has restrictions of use and access that no other database has. The issues related to how SAP controls data, once placed in HANA, are quite convoluted and require in-depth analysis to understand. They are multi-dimensional and can even be connected to the tools available from SAP. That is, it is not necessarily contractual but technological. Secondly, many products need to purchase along with HANA, but that customers don’t learn …

… be based upon this foundation. SAP is looking for its customers to approach SAP and to approach SAP uninformed, hopefully. The SAP account manager can then leverage false proposals about indirect access to make it appear as if the customer has liability and uncontestable liability. The account manager will then pull out a menu of SAP offerings, various applications that the customer can purchase (hopefully HANA!) to redress the false charge of  Type 2 indirect access. It is most desirable if the customer never speaks of the experience, and SAP would like to keep this as quiet as possible …