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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     OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      |   5.0           |                       |
234 |             \      |      |  / | \          |                       |
235 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \         |                       |
236 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \        |                       |
237 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD     |               DragonFly 2.4.0
238 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6                 |
239 |              |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
240 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
241 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
242 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD     |                       |
243 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2     |               DragonFly 2.6.0
244 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
245 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |            |                       |
246 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |            |                       |
247 |     |        |     |      |  | |            |               DragonFly 2.8.2
248 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
249 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD    |                       |
250 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1       |                       |
251 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
252 |     |              |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
253 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |        |                       |
254 |            \      10.7    |  |     |        |                       |
255 |             |      |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
256 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
257 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
258 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2      |                       |
259 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3      |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4      |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      |  |          OpenBSD 5.1                 |
266 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.     |                       |
267 |     |       |     10.8    |           |     |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |     |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |     |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      |    | |    | OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
271 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
272 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2    |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1   |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2   |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      |    | |          |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      |    |  \         |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1   |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      |    |      | OpenBSD 5.3         DragonFly 3.4.1
284 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2   |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3   |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4   |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5   |                       |
295 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
296 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
297 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6   |                       |
298 |     |       |      |      |    |            |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD    |                       |
300 |     |       |      |      |         6.1     |                       |
301 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
302 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
303 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.1    |                       |
304 |     |              |      |          |      |                       |
305 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
306 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2    |                       |
307 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |      |                       |
308 |     |             10.9    |          |  OpenBSD 5.4                 |
309 |     `-----.        |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.0
310 |            \       |      |          |      |                       |
311 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
312 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3    |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
314 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.1
315 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
317 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.2
318 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4    |                       |
320 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
321 |     |       |      |      |          |  OpenBSD 5.5                 |
322 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
323 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.0
324 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
325 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
326 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.1
327 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
328 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
329 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.3
330 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
331 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
332 |     |      9.3     |      |          |      |                       |
333 |     |              |      |       NetBSD    |               DragonFly 3.8.2
334 |     |              |      |        6.1.5    |                       |
335 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
336 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
337 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.6                 |
338 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
339 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
340 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
341 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
342 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
343 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
344 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
345 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
346 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
347 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
348 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
349 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.7                 |
350 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
351 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
352 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
353 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0     |                       |
354 |     |            10.11    |   | |       OpenBSD 5.8                 |
355 |     |              |      |   | `--.        |               DragonFly 4.4.1
356 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 5.9                 |
357 |   10.3             |      |   |    |        |                       |
358 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
359 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1      |                       |
360 |     `------.       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.6.0
361 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
362 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
363 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.0                 |
364 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD      |                       |
365 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2      |                       |
366 |     |      |       |      |   |             |                       |
367 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD     |                       |
368 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1       |                       |
369 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
370 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
371 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.8.0
372 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.1                 |
373 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 5.0.0
374 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |        |                       |
375 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.2         DragonFly 5.0.1
376 |     |              |      |   |    |        |                       |
377 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD      |               DragonFly 5.0.2
378 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1      |                       |
379 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
380 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
381 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2      `--.                    |
382 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
383 |            |       |      |   `-----.      OpenBSD 6.3              |
384 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |          |            DragonFly 5.2.0
385 |            |       |      |   8.0   |          |                    |
386 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.1
387 |            |       |      |   |     |          |                    |
388 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.2
389 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD  |                    |
390 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2    |                    |
391 |            |     macOS    |   |                |                    |
392 |            |     10.14    |   |            OpenBSD 6.4              |
393 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
394 |            |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |   |                |                    |
396 |   12.0     |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.1
397 |     |      |       |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.5              |
398 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
399 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD            |                    |
400 |     |      |       |      |   8.1              |            DragonFly 5.6
401 |     |      |       |      |                    |                    |
402 |     |      |       |      |                    |            DragonFly 5.6.1
403 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |                    |                    |
404 |     |     11.3   10.15    |                    |                    |
405 |  FreeBSD           |      |                OpenBSD 6.6              |
406 |   12.1           macOS    |                    |                    |
407 |     |           10.15.1   |                    |            DragonFly 5.6.2
408 |     |              |      *--NetBSD            |                    |
409 |     v              |      |   9.0              |                    |
410 |                    |      |                    |                    |
411FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
412 |                    |      |                    |                    |
413 v                    v      v                    v                    v
414
415Time
416----------------
417
418Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
419was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
420
421[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
422	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
423	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
424[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
425[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
426[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
427[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
428[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
429[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
430	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
431[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
432	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
433[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
434	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
435	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
436[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
437[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
438[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
439[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
440[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
441[USE] Usenet announcement.
442[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
443[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
444
445Multics                 1965
446UNIX                    Summer 1969
447				DEC PDP-7
448First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
449				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
450Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
451				10 UNIX installations
452Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
453				Pipes, 16 installations
454Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
455				rewriting in C effected,
456                                above 30 installations
457Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
458				above 50 installations
459Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
460				port to DEC Vax
461Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
462				first portable UNIX
463Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
464				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
465				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
466				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
467			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
468			and networking part by the streams mechanism
469
470Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
471Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
472
4731BSD                    late 1977
474			1978-03-09 [QCU]
475				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
476				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
477				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4782BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
479				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4802.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4812.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
482
4832.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
484				set of performance improvements
4852.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4862.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4872.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4882.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4892.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4902.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4912.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
492
49332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4943BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
495				virtual memory, page replacement,
496                        	demand paging
4974.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4984.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4994.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
500				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5014.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5024.1cBSD                 late 1982
503				beta release, IPC [44B]
5044.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
505                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5064.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
507			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5084.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5094.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
510                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5114.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5124.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
513
514BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
515				first code released to people outside BSDI
516386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
517BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
518BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
519386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5204.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
521BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
522				first external gamma; G customers
523BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
524				would have been 1.0 except for request
525				for preliminary injunction
526BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
527				injunction denied; first official release
528NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5294.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
530NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
531FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
532FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
533				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
534BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5354.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
536FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
537FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
538FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
539				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
540NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
541386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
542FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
543BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
544FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
545BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5464.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
547				the true final distribution from the CSRG
548FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
549NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
550BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
551FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
552NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
553OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
554FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
555FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
556Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
557FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
558BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
559FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
560FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
561FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
562NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
563OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
564FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
565OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
566NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
567FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
568NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
569BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
570OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
571NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
572FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
573BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
574				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
575FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
576				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
577				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
578				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
579FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
580OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
581NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
582FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
583BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
584NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
585FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
586OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
587NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
588FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
589OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
590FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
591BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
592FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
593NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
594OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
595FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
596FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
597FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
598FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
599FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
600NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
601BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
602OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
603NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
604Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
605FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
606OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
607NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
608NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
609FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
610Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
611OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
612FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
613BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
614OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
615FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
616NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
617FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
618Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
619NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
620FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
621OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
622FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
623				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
624				-current, similar to 3.0.
625FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
626NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
627OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
628BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
629FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
630Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
631FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
632BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
633OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
634FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
635FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
636NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
637OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
638FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
639DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
640OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
641FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
642NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
643FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
644DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
645NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
646Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
647FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
648OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
649NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
650OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
651FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
652NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
653NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
654DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
655FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
656OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
657FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
658FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
659NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
660DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
661OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
662NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
663NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
664FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
665DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
666OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
667DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
668Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
669OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
670NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
671FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
672DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
673FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
674OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
675DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
676OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
677FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
678FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
679DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
680NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
681OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
682FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
683Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
684NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
685DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
686OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
687FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
688NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
689FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
690DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
691OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
692FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
693DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
694OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
695NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
696FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
697FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
698DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
699OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
700Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
701OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
702FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
703NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
704DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
705FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
706OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
707Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
708NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
709OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
710DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
711NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
712NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
713FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
714DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
715OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
716NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
717NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
718FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
719NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
720NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
721NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
722FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
723NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
724NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
725Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
726OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
727DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
728FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
729NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
730NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
731NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
732NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
733DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
734DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
735NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
736NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
737OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
738DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
739DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
740DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
741FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
742DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
743NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
744NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
745Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
746OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
747FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
748DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
749DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
750DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
751DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
752DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
753OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
754DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
755FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
756NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
757OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
758OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
759DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
760OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
761FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
762NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
763DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
764OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
765macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
766FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
767NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
768NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
769DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
770OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
771FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
772macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
773FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
774OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
775DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
776DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
777DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
778NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
779NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
780OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
781DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
782DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
783DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
784FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
785NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
786NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
787macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
788OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
789DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
790FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
791DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
792OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
793NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
794DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
795DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
796FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
797DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
798OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
799macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
800macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
801FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
802NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
803
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843
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846
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849
850James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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852("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
853
854
855Acknowledgments
856---------------
857
858Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
859original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
860
861Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
862
863--
864Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
865URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
866
867$FreeBSD$
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