> The ASN.1 compiler is open source.  Google's compiler is not.

Hunh?  Code http://code.google.com/p/protobuf  Perhaps you are confused because 
the compiler is also available separately for those that don't want the whole 
distribution.  Like the way Linux packages are often available as foo and 
foo-dev.

> Further, google is unhappy that too-clever-code gives too-clever programmers 
> too much power, and has prohibited its employees from ever doing something 
> like protobufs again.

Got any documentation for this assertion?

        /r$

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Principal Security Engineer
Akamai Technology
Cambridge, MA

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