Developing a Once-install and throw-away-CD mechanism

[snodx@hotmail.com]

Greetings,
          This may not be the right place to ask this question, but the context in which the<br></br>
          question arose has made me begin posting the question here.<br></br><br></br>

          I have developed a software application using GNU G++ that runs on Linux. I want this<br></br>
          software to be distributed to certain parties via CDs, these persons will then install the<br></br>
          application directly from the CD without having to copy the files from the CD to their hard<br></br>
          disk. But I am afraid that somebody might get hold of the CD and install the application<br></br>
          without my permission onto several systems.<br></br><br></br>

          Therefore is there a way by which I can detect how many times the application has been installed<br></br>
          from the CD and prevent multiple installations? Can I write some script onto the CD which makes<br></br>
          the CD useless after a single installation of my application?<br></br><br></br>

          For applications that are installed from CDs to a Windows hard-disk I use a software called InstallShield<br></br>
          (www.installshield.com) that protects my CD from multiple installations. I have not been able<br></br>
          to find out a Linux version of installshield so far. Is there any other software that performs<br></br>
          the same work as installshield for Linux?<br></br><br></br>

          Where can I post my question to get better awnser?<br></br><br></br>

          Sorry for the long-winded story here.<br>,/br>

          Thanx in advance<br></br>
                                                                              SNODX