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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 |                    |      |            OpenBSD 6.1                  |
356 |                    |      |                 |                       |
357FreeBSD 12 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
358 |                    |      |                 |                       |
359 v                    v      v                 v                       v
360
361Time
362----------------
363
364Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
365was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
366
367[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
368	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
369	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
370[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
371[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
372[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
373[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
374[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
375[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
376	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
377[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
378	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
379[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
380	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
381	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
382[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
383[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
384[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
385[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
386[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
387[USE] Usenet announcement.
388[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
389[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
390
391Multics                 1965
392UNIX                    Summer 1969
393				DEC PDP-7
394First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
395				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
396Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
397				10 UNIX installations
398Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
399				Pipes, 16 installations
400Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
401				rewriting in C effected,
402                                above 30 installations
403Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
404				above 50 installations
405Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
406				port to DEC Vax
407Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
408				first portable UNIX
409Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
410				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
411				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
412				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
413			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
414			and networking part by the streams mechanism
415
416Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
417Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
418
4191BSD                    late 1977
420			1978-03-09 [QCU]
421				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
422				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
423				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4242BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
425				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4262.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4272.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
428
4292.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
430				set of performance improvements
4312.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4322.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4332.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4342.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4352.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4362.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4372.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
438
43932V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4403BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
441				virtual memory, page replacement,
442                        	demand paging
4434.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4444.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4454.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
446				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4474.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4484.1cBSD                 late 1982
449				beta release, IPC [44B]
4504.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
451                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4524.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
453			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4544.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4554.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
456                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4574.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4584.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
459
460BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
461				first code released to people outside BSDI
462386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
463BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
464BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
465386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4664.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
467BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
468				first external gamma; G customers
469BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
470				would have been 1.0 except for request
471				for preliminary injunction
472BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
473				injunction denied; first official release
474NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4754.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
476NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
477FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
478FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
479				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
480BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4814.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
482FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
483FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
484FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
485				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
486NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
487386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
488FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
489BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
490FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
491BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4924.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
493				the true final distribution from the CSRG
494FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
495NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
496BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
497FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
498NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
499OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
500FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
501FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
502Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
503FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
504BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
505FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
506FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
507FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
508NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
509OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
510FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
511OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
512NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
513FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
514NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
515BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
516OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
517NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
518FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
519BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
520				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
521FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
522				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
523				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
524				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
525FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
526OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
527NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
528FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
529BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
530NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
531FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
532OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
533NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
534FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
535OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
536FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
537BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
538FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
539NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
540OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
543FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
544FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
545FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
546NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
547BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
548OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
549NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
550Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
551FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
552OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
553NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
554NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
555FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
556Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
557OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
558FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
559BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
560OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
561FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
562NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
563FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
564Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
565NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
566FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
567OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
568FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
569				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
570				-current, similar to 3.0.
571FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
572NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
573OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
574BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
575FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
576Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
577FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
578BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
579OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
580FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
581FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
582NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
583OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
584FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
585DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
586OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
587FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
588NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
589FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
590DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
591NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
592Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
593FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
594OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
595NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
596OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
597FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
598NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
599NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
600DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
601FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
602OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
603FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
604FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
605NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
606DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
607OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
608NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
609NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
610FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
611DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
612OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
613DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
614Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
615OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
616NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
617FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
618DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
619FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
620OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
621DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
622OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
623FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
624FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
625DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
626NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
627OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
628FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
629Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
630NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
631DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
632OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
633FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
634NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
635FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
636DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
637OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
638FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
639DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
640OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
641NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
642FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
643FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
644DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
645OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
646Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
647OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
648FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
649NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
650DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
651FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
652OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
653Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
654NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
655OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
656DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
657NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
658NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
659FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
660DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
661OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
662NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
663NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
664FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
665NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
666NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
667NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
668FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
669NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
670NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
671Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
672OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
673DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
674FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
675NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
676NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
677NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
678NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
679DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
680DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
681NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NDB]
682NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NDB]
683OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
684DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
685DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
686DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
687FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
688DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
689NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
690Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
691OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
692FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
693DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
694DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
695DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
696DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
697DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
698OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
699DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
700FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
701NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
702OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
703OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
704DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
705OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
706FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
707NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
708DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
709OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
710macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
711FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
712NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
713DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
714OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
715
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755
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758
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765
766
767Acknowledgments
768---------------
769
770Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
771original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
772
773Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
774
775--
776Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
777URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
778
779$FreeBSD$
780