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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 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.4      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
265 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
266 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
267 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
269 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.2      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
295 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
296 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
297 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
298 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
299 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
300 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
301 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
302 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
303 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
304 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
305 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
306 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
307 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
309 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
311 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
312 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
314 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
315 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
317 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
318 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
320 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
321 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
322 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
323 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
324 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
325 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
326 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
327 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
328 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
329 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
330 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
331 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
332 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
333 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
334 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
335 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
336 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
337 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
338 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
339 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
340 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
341 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
342 |     |            OS X  NetBSD 7.0           |                       |
343 |     |            10.11    |            OpenBSD 5.8                  |
344 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.4.1
345 |  FreeBSD           |      |            OpenBSD 5.9                  |
346 |   10.3             |      |                 |                       |
347 |                    |   NetBSD 7.0.1         |                       |
348 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.6.0
349 |                    |      |                 |                       |
350 |                    |      |                 |                       |
351 *--FreeBSD         macOS    |            OpenBSD 6.0                  |
352 |   11.0           10.12    |                 |                       |
353 |                    |   NetBSD 7.1           |                       |
354 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.8.0
355 |                    |      |                 |                       |
356FreeBSD 12 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
357 |                    |      |                 |                       |
358 v                    v      v                 v                       v
359
360Time
361----------------
362
363Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
364was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
365
366[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
367	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
368	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
369[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
370[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
371[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
372[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
373[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
374[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
375	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
376[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
377	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
378[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
379	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
380	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
381[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
382[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
383[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
384[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
385[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
386[USE] Usenet announcement.
387[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
388[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
389
390Multics                 1965
391UNIX                    Summer 1969
392				DEC PDP-7
393First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
394				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
395Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
396				10 UNIX installations
397Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
398				Pipes, 16 installations
399Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
400				rewriting in C effected,
401                                above 30 installations
402Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
403				above 50 installations
404Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
405				port to DEC Vax
406Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
407				first portable UNIX
408Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
409				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
410				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
411				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
412			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
413			and networking part by the streams mechanism
414
415Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
416Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
417
4181BSD                    late 1977
419			1978-03-09 [QCU]
420				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
421				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
422				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4232BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
424				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4252.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4262.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
427
4282.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
429				set of performance improvements
4302.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4312.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4322.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4332.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4342.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4352.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4362.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
437
43832V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4393BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
440				virtual memory, page replacement,
441                        	demand paging
4424.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4434.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4444.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
445				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4464.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4474.1cBSD                 late 1982
448				beta release, IPC [44B]
4494.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
450                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4514.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
452			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4534.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4544.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
455                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4564.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4574.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
458
459BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
460				first code released to people outside BSDI
461386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
462BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
463BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
464386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4654.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
466BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
467				first external gamma; G customers
468BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
469				would have been 1.0 except for request
470				for preliminary injunction
471BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
472				injunction denied; first official release
473NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4744.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
475NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
476FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
477FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
478				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
479BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4804.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
481FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
482FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
483FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
484				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
485NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
486386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
487FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
488BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
489FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
490BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4914.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
492				the true final distribution from the CSRG
493FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
494NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
495BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
496FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
497NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
498OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
499FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
500FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
501Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
502FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
503BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
504FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
505FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
506FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
507NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
508OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
509FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
510OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
511NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
512FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
513NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
514BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
515OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
516NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
517FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
518BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
519				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
520FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
521				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
522				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
523				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
524FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
525OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
526NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
527FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
528BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
529NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
530FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
531OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
532NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
533FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
534OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
535FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
536BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
537FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
538NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
539OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
540FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
541FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
543FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
544FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
545NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
546BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
547OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
548NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
549Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
550FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
551OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
552NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
553NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
554FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
555Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
556OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
557FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
558BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
559OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
560FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
561NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
562FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
563Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
564NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
565FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
566OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
567FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
568				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
569				-current, similar to 3.0.
570FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
571NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
572OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
573BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
574FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
575Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
576FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
577BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
578OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
579FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
580FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
581NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
582OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
583FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
584DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
585OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
586FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
587NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
588FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
589DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
590NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
591Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
592FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
593OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
594NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
595OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
596FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
597NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
598NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
599DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
600FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
601OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
602FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
603FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
604NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
605DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
606OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
607NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
608NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
609FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
610DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
611OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
612DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
613Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
614OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
615NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
616FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
617DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
618FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
619OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
620DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
621OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
622FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
623FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
624DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
625NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
626OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
627FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
628Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
629NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
630DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
631OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
632FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
633NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
634FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
635DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
636OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
637FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
638DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
639OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
640NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
641FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
642FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
643DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
644OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
645Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
646OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
647FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
648NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
649DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
650FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
651OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
652Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
653NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
654OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
655DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
656NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
657NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
658FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
659DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
660OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
661NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
662NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
663FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
664NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
665NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
666NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
667FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
668NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
669NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
670Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
671OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
672DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
673FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
674NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
675NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
676NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
677NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
678DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
679DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
680NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NDB]
681NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NDB]
682OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
683DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
684DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
685DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
686FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
687DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
688NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
689Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
690OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
691FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
692DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
693DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
694DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
695DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
696DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
697OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
698DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
699FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
700NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
701OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
702OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
703DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
704OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
705FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
706NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
707DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
708OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
709macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
710FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
711NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
712DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
713
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753
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756
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760James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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763
764
765Acknowledgments
766---------------
767
768Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
769original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
770
771Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
772
773--
774Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
775URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
776
777$FreeBSD$
778