title: Using google's protobuf in python without installing it
body: <p>It seems to me that when I'm using protobuf in python I need to install it first so that I also have setuptools installed. To me it seems like this is severly limiting portability as I would have to install protobuf on every machine on which I want to use any kind of python code using protobuf.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is: Is there a way to package protobuf for python in such a way, that it can be distributed with the python code using it?</p>
  
  <p>Any info on this would be appreciated.</p>