[c#] How to make setup of your application so no one can copy it?

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How to make a setup so that after app is installed no one can copy/paste to other pc, usb keys,... and use it? If you make a setup like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcue0jo41AM[^]

it can be copied and used somewhere else.

What are the options?
- registry input,
- a file with license, somewhere else on hdd, and hoping for being missed copying,
...

What is the best way to do this?

Posted 1-Nov-12 23:15pm

marcel zol

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Abhishek Pant 4-Nov-12 7:13am

Then what is the use of making that type of app if you can even do not share to anyone.But you can use key management for this.

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Pablo Aliskevicius · Answer 1 · 2012-11-03T20:56:00

Try this: https://www.google.com/?q=software+rights+management[^]

Protecting your software will cost money. This makes sense, since you'd be interested in protection only if you want to sell your software for money.

You may want to take a closer look at this one:

www.safenet-inc.com/software-monetization-solutions/[^]

If your organization can invest the required resources, you can build an alternative solution yourself. For instance, an activation key that depends on hardware (serial numbers of HD, network card, ...) but does not get invalidated if someone upgrades a video card or adds RAM: also, virtual computers are cloneable by definition, so this may not be enough. Rolling your own solution will be typically more expensive than buying a commercial solution from someone whose core business is software rights management.

Just my two bits,

Pablo.