= IMPORTANT NOTE

This repository will no longer be maintained and has been replaced by http://github.com/localshred/protobuf. This new repo is the new source and should be used instead (along with the accompanying gem "protobuf").

= RubyProtobuf

== DESCRIPTION:

Protocol Buffers for Ruby that works.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Compile .proto file to ruby script
* Parse the binary wire format for protocol buffer
* Serialize data to the binary wire format for protocol buffer

== SYNOPSIS:

  rprotoc examples/addressbook.proto

== REQUIREMENTS:

* All you need are included.

== INSTALL:

* sudo gem install ruby_protobuf

== AUTHORS:

MATSUYAMA Kengo <macksx@gmail.com>
ANDO Yasushi <andyjpn@gmail.com>

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 ANDO Yasushi

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.