These are the protobuf definition files used by GoHBase. They were copied from HBase (see under hbase-protocol/src/main/protobuf). Currently using .proto files from HBase branch-1.3, with unnecessary .proto files removed. The following changes were made to those files: - the package name was changed to "pb". (`sed -i 's/hbase.pb/pb/g' ./*`) The files in this directory are also subject to the Apache License 2.0 and are copyright of the Apache Software Foundation.