One additional info:
my old generated (and valid) license.dat e.g. contains an entry for the IDE:
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INCREMENT Win32_CWIDE_Unlimited metrowks 5.900 permanent uncounted \
E7839DFD97EE VENDOR_STRING="CodeWarrior IDE 4.2 or later, \
Windows" HOSTID=000c2957b70d ISSUER="Freescale Semiconductor" \
ISSUED=2-dec-2014 NOTICE=Distributor \
SN=FSL-147e-e051-2b26-ef8d-ec7c-bc START=28-sep-2010 TS_OK
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the new generated one holds the following entry for the IDE:
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INCREMENT Win32_CWIDE_Unlimited metrowks 5.9 permanent uncounted \
C1589B79C854 VENDOR_STRING="CodeWarrior for HC12 Standard \
Edition WIN" HOSTID=001060840913 ISSUER="Freescale \
Semiconductor" ISSUED=22-jun-2015 ck=118 SN="FSL - 13433647"
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Curious thing is , that the vendor string differs. Same holds for other licensed entries....in the new generated license the same vendor string is used for all features; which is different to the 'old' vendor strings within the 'working' license.dat from the old PC.