Protected package?

[12345swordy]

It says here that:
"package extends private so that package members can be accessed 
from code in other modules that are in the same package. If no 
identifier is provided, this applies to the innermost package 
only, or defaults to private if a module is not nested in a 
package."

Can this be extended to the protected visibility attribute?
If not, then does it need an DIP to do so?

-Alex