3297588 - ASE Server fails to activate license due to SySAM: Invalid (inconsistent) license key - ASE

At startup ASE does not recognize the newly generated license key:

kernel SySAM: Failed to obtain license(s) for ASE_CORE feature from license file(s) or server(s).
kernel SySAM: Invalid (inconsistent) license key.
kernel SySAM: The license key and data for the feature do not match.
kernel SySAM: This usually happens when a license file has been altered.
kernel SySAM: License feature name: ASE_CORE
kernel SySAM: License search path: /ase16/SYSAM-2_0/licenses/testhost_20230202_040830.lic:
kernel SySAM: FlexNet Licensing error:-8,523
kernel Error: 131274, Severity: 17, State: 1

The generated license file contains an incorrect part SIGN2="0".

# Sybase Software Asset Management License File. DT License for SAP ASE
# Enterprise Edition (Core)
PACKAGE ASE_EE SYBASE COMPONENTS=ASE_CORE OPTIONS=SUITE SUPERSEDE \
ISSUED=02-feb-2023 SIGN2="0"
# License for 93251b63e681 testhost
INCREMENT ASE_EE SYBASE 2023.12310 permanent uncounted \
VENDOR_STRING=PE=EE;LT=DT HOSTID=93251b63e681 ISSUER="CO=Sybase, \
Inc.;AS=A;MP=1836;CP=16;EGO=" ISSUED=02-feb-2023 NOTICE="SAP SE \
" SN=211143665-211-V8331413 TS_OK SIGN2="0"

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0

SySAM, license, invalid, error 131274 , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem