Komodo license not recognized

I wanted to start using Komodo again after more than a year break from scripting - I have upgraded to Komodo 9 (not 10), and I have license for it, although it is out of support.

I re-installed the license and the executable locally but Komodo does not seem to recognize the license. Brings up the “Start a 21-day trial” window.

Version -

[2016-10-03 15:07:24,355] [INFO] Startup: Welcome to Komodo IDE 9.0.1 build 87208 (platform linux-x86_64, running on Linux 2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64 version #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 18:16:44 EDT 2016)
[2016-10-03 15:07:24,356] [INFO] Startup: /usr/bin/python built on Thu Apr 16 12:42:33 2015

License file -

removed

I should not have to upgrade to use Komodo 9, correct, albeit without support and automatic upgrade.

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