Relax requirements on protobuf to allow for minor changes and patches.

[lewisbails]

Changes proposed in this pull request:

• Relaxed protobuf requirement from protobuf==3.20.0 to protobuf>=3.20.0,<4.0.0, to allow for security patch 3.20.1 patch on protobuf

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[dirkgr]

Thank you!