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, many are developed by others in the community.
> On Jun 3, 2016, at 9:51 PM, Dave Brosius <dbros...@mebigfatguy.com> wrote: > > There are many drivers for cassandra, supplied by various individuals and > groups, one of those drivers was started by people at datastax which is > available as an opensource project. > > The open source project is not open to any random person on the internet to > commit to (just like any open source project), so i suppose in that regard > there is some 'control'. But i doubt that is what you are fishing for. > > --dave > > (not affiliated with datastax) > >> On 06/03/2016 10:29 PM, Chris Mattmann 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 >
