The beta is a closed proprietary system, but it won't always be that way. Google created a proprietary implementation of an open protocol and has created an ope

The beta is a closed proprietary system, but it won't always be that way. Google created a proprietary implementation of an open protocol and has created an open source client/server implementation. Check out http://www.waveprotocol.org/ http://www.waveprotocol.org/ It's my understanding that you could implement your own wave server which could then interoperate with Google's wave server. The "Google Wave" web client that's in beta now may always be a proprietary item, but it's my understanding that you could create your own wave client as well.