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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
262 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
263 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
264 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
266 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
267 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
289 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
290 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
291 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
292 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
293 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
294 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
295 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
296 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
297 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
298 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
300 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
301 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
302 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
303 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
304 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
305 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
306 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
307 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
309 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
311 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
312 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
314 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
315 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
317 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
318 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
319 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
320 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
321 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
322 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
323 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
324 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
325 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
326 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
327 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
328 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
329 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
330 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
331 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
332 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
333 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
334 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
335 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
336 |                  OS X  NetBSD 7.0           |                       |
337 |                  10.11    |            OpenBSD 5.8                  |
338 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.4.1
339 |                    |      |                 |                       |
340FreeBSD 11 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current     DragonFly -current
341 |                    |      |                 |                       |
342 v                    v      v                 v                       v
343
344Time
345----------------
346
347Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
348was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
349
350[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
351	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
352	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
353[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
354[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
355[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
356[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
357[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
358[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
359	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
360[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
361	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
362[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
363	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
364	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
365[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
366[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
367[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
368[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
369[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
370[USE] Usenet announcement.
371[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
372[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
373
374Multics                 1965
375UNIX                    Summer 1969
376				DEC PDP-7
377First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
378				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
379Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
380				10 UNIX installations
381Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
382				Pipes, 16 installations
383Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
384				rewriting in C effected,
385                                above 30 installations
386Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
387				above 50 installations
388Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
389				port to DEC Vax
390Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
391				first portable UNIX
392Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
393				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
394				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
395				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
396			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
397			and networking part by the streams mechanism
398
399Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
400Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
401
4021BSD                    late 1977
403			1978-03-09 [QCU]
404				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
405				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
406				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4072BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
408				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4092.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4102.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
411
4122.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
413				set of performance improvements
4142.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4152.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4162.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4172.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4182.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4192.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4202.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
421
42232V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4233BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
424				virtual memory, page replacement,
425                        	demand paging
4264.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4274.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4284.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
429				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4304.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4314.1cBSD                 late 1982
432				beta release, IPC [44B]
4334.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
434                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4354.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
436			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4374.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4384.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
439                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4404.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4414.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
442
443BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
444				first code released to people outside BSDI
445386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
446BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
447BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
448386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4494.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
450BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
451				first external gamma; G customers
452BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
453				would have been 1.0 except for request
454				for preliminary injunction
455BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
456				injunction denied; first official release
457NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4584.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
459NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
460FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
461FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
462				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
463BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4644.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
465FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
466FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
467FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
468				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
469NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
470386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
471FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
472BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
473FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
474BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4754.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
476				the true final distribution from the CSRG
477FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
478NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
479BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
480FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
481NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
482OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
483FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
484FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
485Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
486FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
487BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
488FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
489FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
490FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
491NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
492OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
493FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
494OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
495NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
496FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
497NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
498BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
499OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
500NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
501FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
502BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
503				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
504FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
505				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
506				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
507				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
508FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
509OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
510NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
511FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
512BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
513NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
514FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
515OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
516NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
517FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
518OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
519FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
520BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
521FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
522NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
523OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
524FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
525FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
526FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
527FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
528FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
529NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
530BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
531OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
532NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
533Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
534FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
535OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
536NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
537NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
538FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
539Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
540OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
542BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
543OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
544FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
545NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
546FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
547Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
548NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
549FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
550OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
551FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
552				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
553				-current, similar to 3.0.
554FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
555NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
556OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
557BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
558FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
559Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
560FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
561BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
562OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
563FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
564FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
565NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
566OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
567FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
568DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
569OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
570FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
571NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
572FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
573DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
574NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
575Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
576FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
577OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
578NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
579OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
580FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
581NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
582NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
583DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
584FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
585OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
586FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
587FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
588NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
589DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
590OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
591NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
592NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
593FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
594DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
595OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
596DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
597Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
598OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
599NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
600FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
601DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
602FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
603OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
604DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
605OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
606FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
607FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
608DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
609NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
610OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
611FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
612Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
613NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
614DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
615OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
616FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
617NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
618FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
619DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
620OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
621FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
622DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
623OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
624NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
625FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
626FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
627DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
628OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
629Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
630OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
631FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
632NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
633DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
634FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
635OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
636Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
637NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
638OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
639DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
640NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
641NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
642FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
643DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
644OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
645NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
646NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
647FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
648NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
649NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
650NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
651FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
652NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
653NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
654Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
655OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
656DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
657FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
658NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-27 [NBD]
659NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-27 [NBD]
660DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
661DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
662NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-19 [NDB]
663NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-19 [NDB]
664OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
665DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
666DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
667DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
668FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
669DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
670NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
671Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
672OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
673FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
674DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
675DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
676DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
677DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
678DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
679OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
680DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
681FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
682NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
683OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
684OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
685DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
686
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736
737
738Acknowledgments
739---------------
740
741Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
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743
744Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
745
746--
747Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
748URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
749
750$FreeBSD$
751