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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 |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115 |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141 |      |             |      |                 |             |
142 |      |             |      |                 |             |
143 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170 |      |          |  |      |                 |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172 |                 |  |      |                 |
173 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
174 |                    |      |                 |                      \
175FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
176 |                    |      |                 |                       |
177FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
178 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
179 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
180 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
181FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
182 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
183 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
184 |                    |      |                 |                       |
185 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
186 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
187 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
188 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
189 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
190 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
191 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
192 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
193 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
195 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
196 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
197 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
198 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
200 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
202 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
203 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
204 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
205 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
207 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
209 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
210 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
211 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
212 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
213 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
215 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
216 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
217 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
218 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
219 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
220 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
221 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
222 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
223 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
224 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
226 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
227 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
228 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
230 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
231 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
232 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
233 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
234 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
248 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
249 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
250 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
251 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
252 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
253 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
254 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
255 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
256 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
257 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
258 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
260 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
261 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
262 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
264 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
265 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
266 |             |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
267 |             |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
268 |             |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
269 |             |      |      | | |             |                       |
270 |             |      |      | |  \            |                       |
271 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
272 |             |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
273 |             |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
274 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |             |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |             |      |      | |               |                       |
277 |             |      |      |  `-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
278 |          FreeBSD   |      |                 |                       |
279 |            8.4     |      |                 |                       |
280 |                    |      |                 |                       |
281 |                    |      |                 |                       |
282 |                    |      |                 |                       |
283FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
284 |                    |      |                 |                       |
285 v                    v      v                 v                       v
286
287Time
288----------------
289
290Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
291was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
292
293[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
294	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
295	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
296[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
297[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
298[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
299[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
300[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
301[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
302	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
303[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
304	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
305[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
306	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
307	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
308[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
309[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
310[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
311[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
312[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
313[USE] Usenet announcement.
314[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
315[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
316
317Multics                 1965
318UNIX                    Summer 1969
319				DEC PDP-7
320First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
321				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
322Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
323				10 UNIX installations
324Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
325				Pipes, 16 installations
326Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
327				rewriting in C effected,
328                                above 30 installations
329Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
330				above 50 installations
331Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
332				port to DEC Vax
333Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
334				first portable UNIX
335Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
336				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
337				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
338				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
339			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
340			and networking part by the streams mechanism
341
342Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
343Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
344
3451BSD                    late 1977
346			1978-03-09 [QCU]
347				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
348				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
349				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3502BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
351				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3522.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3532.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
354
3552.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
356				set of performance improvements
3572.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3582.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3592.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3602.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3612.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3622.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3632.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
364
36532V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3663BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
367				virtual memory, page replacement,
368                        	demand paging
3694.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3704.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3714.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
372				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3734.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3744.1cBSD                 late 1982
375				beta release, IPC [44B]
3764.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
377                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3784.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
379			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3804.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3814.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
382                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3834.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3844.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
385
386BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
387				first code released to people outside BSDI
388386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
389BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
390BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
391386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3924.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
393BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
394				first external gamma; G customers
395BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
396				would have been 1.0 except for request
397				for preliminary injunction
398BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
399				injunction denied; first official release
400NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4014.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
402NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
403FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
404FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
405				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
406BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4074.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
408FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
409FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
410FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
411				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
412NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
413386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
414FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
415BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
416FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
417BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4184.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
419				the true final distribution from the CSRG
420FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
421NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
422BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
423FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
424NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
425OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
426FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
427FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
428Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
429FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
430BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
431FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
432FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
433FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
434NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
435OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
436FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
437OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
438NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
439FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
440NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
441BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
442OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
443NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
444FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
445BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
446				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
447FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
448				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
449				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
450				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
451FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
452OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
453NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
454FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
455BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
456NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
457FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
458OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
459NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
460FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
461OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
462FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
463BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
464FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
465NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
466OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
467FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
468FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
469FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
470FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
471FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
472NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
473BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
474OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
475NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
476Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
477FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
478OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
479NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
480NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
481FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
482Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
483OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
484FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
485BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
486OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
487FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
488NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
489FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
490Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
491NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
492FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
493OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
494FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
495				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
496				-current, similar to 3.0.
497FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
498NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
499OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
500BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
501FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
502Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
503FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
504BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
505OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
506FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
507FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
508NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
509OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
510FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
511DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
512OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
513FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
514NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
515FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
516DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
517NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
518Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
519FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
520OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
521NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
522OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
523FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
524NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
525NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
526DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
527OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
528FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
529FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
530NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
531DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
532OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
533NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
534NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
535FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
536DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
537OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
538DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
539Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
540OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
541NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
542FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
543DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
544FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
545OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
546DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
547OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
548FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
549FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
550DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
551NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
552OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
553FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
554Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
555NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
556DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
557OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
558FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
559NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
560FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
561DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
562OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
563FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
564DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
565OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
566NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
567FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
568FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
569DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
570OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
571Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
572OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
573FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
574NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
575DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
576FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
577OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
578Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
579NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
580OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
581DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
582NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
583NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
584FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
585DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
586OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
587NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
588NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
589FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
590NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
591NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
592
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628
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631
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634
635James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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637("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
638
639
640Acknowledgments
641---------------
642
643Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
644original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
645
646Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
647
648--
649Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
650URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
651
652$FreeBSD$
653