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I have written a Desktop based accounting software in Java. I want to put a key or licence or other kind of security to prevent redistribution of the software by the client.
I just want to know how to go about it?
The short answer: DRM doesn’t stop piracy. It only hurts your paying customers. It doesn’t really matter what you do.
The best you can do is set up a simple product-key system, all that really does is makes your application not able to be copied quickly with no work, it doesn’t really harm your paying customers but don’t expect it to stop anyone who’s determined not to pay for your software.
The best thing you can do is make your software good. This gives people incentive to actually purchase it. Also a fair pricing plan helps (There’s a reason Adobe / Microsoft software are highly pirated).