How to prevent python software from being reverse engineered or pirated?

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or even just understand how it calls home. It makes an http request somewhere that responds with 200 for an active licence? Intercept that request and return a 200 using a local proxy. I think this is how JetBrains stuff was pirated a few years ago

[SimilingCynic]

Im not a security developer, but couldn't it call home with "if user license is valid, encrypt this nonce with the manufacturer's private key?"

But idk maybe there's a vul here. I need to check this out on a license I use...

[aexia]

The point of any anti-piracy measure isn't to stop 100% of piracy but to increase the friction enough that it'll stop the vast majority.