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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
262 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
263 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
264 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
266 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
267 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
289 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
290 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
291 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
292 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
293 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
294 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
295 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
296 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
297 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
298 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
300 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
301 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
302 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
303 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
304 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
305 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
306 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
307 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
309 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
311 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
312 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
314 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
315 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
317 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
318 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
319 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
320 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
321 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
322 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
323 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
324 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
325 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
326 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
327 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
328 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
329 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
330 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
331 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
332 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
333 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
334 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
335 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
336 |     |            OS X  NetBSD 7.0           |                       |
337 |     |            10.11    |            OpenBSD 5.8                  |
338 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.4.1
339 |  FreeBSD           |      |            OpenBSD 5.9                  |
340 |   10.3             |      |                 |                       |
341 |                    |      |                 |                       |
342FreeBSD 11 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current     DragonFly -current
343 |                    |      |                 |                       |
344 v                    v      v                 v                       v
345
346Time
347----------------
348
349Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
350was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
351
352[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
353	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
354	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
355[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
356[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
357[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
358[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
359[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
360[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
361	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
362[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
363	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
364[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
365	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
366	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
367[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
368[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
369[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
370[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
371[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
372[USE] Usenet announcement.
373[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
374[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
375
376Multics                 1965
377UNIX                    Summer 1969
378				DEC PDP-7
379First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
380				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
381Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
382				10 UNIX installations
383Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
384				Pipes, 16 installations
385Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
386				rewriting in C effected,
387                                above 30 installations
388Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
389				above 50 installations
390Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
391				port to DEC Vax
392Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
393				first portable UNIX
394Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
395				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
396				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
397				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
398			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
399			and networking part by the streams mechanism
400
401Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
402Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
403
4041BSD                    late 1977
405			1978-03-09 [QCU]
406				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
407				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
408				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4092BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
410				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4112.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4122.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
413
4142.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
415				set of performance improvements
4162.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4172.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4182.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4192.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4202.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4212.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4222.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
423
42432V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4253BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
426				virtual memory, page replacement,
427                        	demand paging
4284.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4294.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4304.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
431				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4324.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4334.1cBSD                 late 1982
434				beta release, IPC [44B]
4354.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
436                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4374.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
438			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4394.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4404.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
441                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4424.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4434.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
444
445BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
446				first code released to people outside BSDI
447386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
448BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
449BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
450386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4514.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
452BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
453				first external gamma; G customers
454BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
455				would have been 1.0 except for request
456				for preliminary injunction
457BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
458				injunction denied; first official release
459NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4604.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
461NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
462FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
463FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
464				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
465BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4664.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
467FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
468FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
469FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
470				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
471NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
472386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
473FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
474BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
475FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
476BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4774.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
478				the true final distribution from the CSRG
479FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
480NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
481BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
482FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
483NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
484OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
485FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
486FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
487Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
488FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
489BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
490FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
491FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
492FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
493NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
494OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
495FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
496OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
497NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
498FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
499NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
500BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
501OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
502NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
503FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
504BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
505				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
506FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
507				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
508				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
509				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
510FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
511OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
512NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
513FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
514BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
515NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
516FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
517OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
518NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
519FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
520OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
521FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
522BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
523FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
524NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
525OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
526FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
527FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
528FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
529FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
530FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
531NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
532BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
533OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
534NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
535Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
536FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
537OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
538NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
539NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
540FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
541Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
542OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
543FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
544BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
545OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
546FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
547NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
548FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
549Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
550NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
551FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
552OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
553FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
554				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
555				-current, similar to 3.0.
556FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
557NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
558OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
559BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
560FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
561Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
562FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
563BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
564OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
565FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
566FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
567NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
568OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
569FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
570DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
571OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
572FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
573NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
574FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
575DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
576NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
577Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
578FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
579OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
580NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
581OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
582FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
583NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
584NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
585DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
586FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
587OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
588FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
589FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
590NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
591DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
592OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
593NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
594NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
595FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
596DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
597OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
598DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
599Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
600OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
601NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
602FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
603DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
604FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
605OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
606DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
607OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
608FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
609FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
610DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
611NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
612OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
613FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
614Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
615NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
616DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
617OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
618FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
619NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
620FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
621DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
622OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
623FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
624DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
625OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
626NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
627FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
628FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
629DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
630OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
631Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
632OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
633FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
634NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
635DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
636FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
637OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
638Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
639NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
640OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
641DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
642NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
643NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
644FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
645DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
646OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
647NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
648NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
649FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
650NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
651NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
652NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
653FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
654NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
655NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
656Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
657OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
658DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
659FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
660NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-27 [NBD]
661NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-27 [NBD]
662DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
663DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
664NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-19 [NDB]
665NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-19 [NDB]
666OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
667DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
668DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
669DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
670FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
671DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
672NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
673Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
674OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
675FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
676DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
677DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
678DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
679DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
680DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
681OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
682DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
683FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
684NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
685OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
686OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
687DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
688OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
689FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
690
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733
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740
741
742Acknowledgments
743---------------
744
745Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
746original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
747
748Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
749
750--
751Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
752URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
753
754$FreeBSD$
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