Integrae product key and license : urgent need pls conside this

Hi All,
I am new to java windows based applications.Now i am creating one product.I wants to integrate some license agreement with the customer.once,he is installed his system it will work only valid for months or yearly license agreement.once the date is expired the product is won't be allow to the customer to work with this product.
How to do this????.please help me.Its very urgent,i will except your good reply.pls
thanks
vijay

Let's just skip over the long debate about why this is pointless and just cut to the chase of doing what you want shall we?
Turn your application into a web application, where all the important code is only executed on the server and that server is under your control.
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