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
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 2:09 PM Rex Coldren <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any licensing issues that the standards body I am working with > will have with using Protobufs in this fashion? > > On Monday, October 21, 2019 at 6:26:15 PM UTC-7, Rex Coldren 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? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/0f1aa7ba-8165-4b83-8271-6cc6f0a2af06%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/0f1aa7ba-8165-4b83-8271-6cc6f0a2af06%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/CADqAXr4gKn%2BTqB%3DeBKtTxbBk2nvu2%3D6uf_kpP7UAz1brnmYiWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
