Question: when individuals buy a computer program they buy a license to

title: Home computer
text: `` When the computer revolution was unofficially announced in the early 1980s , all indications were that it would change the world . Experts predicted that within five years , every household would have a computer . Dad would run his business on it . Mom would store her recipes on it . The kids would do their homework on it . Today only 15 % of American homes have a computer -- and the other 85 % do n't seem the least bit interested . There is a general feeling that the home computer was a fad and that there is really no practical purpose for a computer in the home . '' -- Commodore Magazine , September 1987