Avoid starting the software after copying to the next computer?

Question

I developed a little software. I want to provide and run it only on a commercial basis. I want it to run on machines that bought it from me.

If someone copies it from their client computer and runs it on the next computer, I would like to stop working / starting the software.

What can be the ways to prevent piracy of my software?

Answer 1

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Answer 6

Companies like ours (Wibu-Systems), Safe-Net and Flexera (expensive) offer contactless solutions as well as hardware. But _simon was right that the key is the only hardware-protected protection. All software systems can be hacked; it’s just that some of them are harder than others. Really good hardware solutions are effectively liberated. No one has cracked a CodeMeter stick if it has not been corrupted.