Using .proto file in a standards document

Rex Coldren

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Oct 21, 2019, 9:26:15 PM10/21/19

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I am on a project where we are looking to create a standard .proto file that can be used by multiple vendors to create interoperable implementations of an open, standard interface that we are developing. The .proto file would be specified in the standard, along with pointers to the Google Protocol Buffers Developers site. It would be up to the vendors implementing this standard interface to compile the .proto file using their preferred source language. Is this an OK thing to do?

Adam Cozzette

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Oct 22, 2019, 12:47:39 PM10/22/19

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Yes, that is a reasonable thing to do and a fairly common practice. By defining your data types in a .proto file you have the advantage that anyone can manipulate them in any language that has a protobuf implementation.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:26 PM Rex Coldren <rexco...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am on a project where we are looking to create a standard .proto file that can be used by multiple vendors to create interoperable implementations of an open, standard interface that we are developing. The .proto file would be specified in the standard, along with pointers to the Google Protocol Buffers Developers site. It would be up to the vendors implementing this standard interface to compile the .proto file using their preferred source language. Is this an OK thing to do?

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Rex Coldren

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Oct 22, 2019, 5:09:29 PM10/22/19

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Are there any licensing issues that the standards body I am working with will have with using Protobufs in this fashion?

Adam Cozzette

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Oct 22, 2019, 5:18:05 PM10/22/19

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I don't think so. You might just want to make sure that everyone is OK with the license you choose for your .proto file and the licenses of any protobuf implementations you might want to use. Here is the license for Google's protobuf implementation: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE

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