You're talking about the SampleCollapse code, right? I just checked, and
here's the license:
You may incorporate this sample code (the Code) into your
applications for Palm OS(R) platform products and may use the Code to
develop such applications without restriction. The Code is provided
They have nothing to lose. After all, if they say no, we can just do a
clean-room rewrite--it's a tiny piece of code.
In my experience, if you offer to do a cleanroom rewrite from the
start, there is no incentive for them to cooperate and provide a dual
license or relicensing