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I am working on creating a open source software that will be hosted at github. In that software I would like to use another open source component available at codeplex under Ms-Pl license. My questions are:
Do I need to contact the author of that component at codeplex to use it?
Nope. This can be a nice thing to do, but not required.
I will have to make some changes in original component to make it compatible with my application. Am I allowed to do that?
Yes. If the license allows it (all open source definition "compliant" licenses allow it), you are allowed to do it. The MsPL is a fairly permissive license as you can see here with rather simple and readable terms.
