The Apache Cassandra project has always left development of its drivers up to the community. The DataStax Java Driver is not part of the Apache Cassandra project, it is an open source project created by DataStax. You can find a large list of drivers for Cassandra here: https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ClientOptions some of them developed by DataStax, some developed by Netflix, and many others.
-Jeremiah > On Jun 3, 2016, at 9:29 PM, Chris Mattmann <mattm...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I’m investigating something a few ASF members contacted > me about and pointed out, so I’m hoping you can help > guide me here as a community. I have heard that a company, > DataStax, whose marketing material mentions it as the only > Cassandra vendor, “controls” the Java Driver for Apache > Cassandra. > > Of course, no company “controls” our projects or its code, > so I told the folks that mentioned it to me that I’d investigate > with my board hat on. > > I’d like to hear the community’s thoughts here on this. Does > anyone in the community see this “controlling” behavior going > on? Please speak up, as I’d like to get to the bottom of it, > and I’ll be around on the lists, doing some homework and reading > up on the archives to see what’s up. > > Thanks for any help you can provide in rooting this out. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > >