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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115 |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141 |      |             |      |                 |             |
142 |      |             |      |                 |             |
143 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170 |      |          |  |      |                 |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172 |                 |  |      |                 |
173 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
174 |                    |      |                 |                      \
175FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
176 |                    |      |                 |                       |
177FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
178 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
179 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
180 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
181FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
182 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
183 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
184 |                    |      |                 |                       |
185 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
186 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
187 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
188 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
189 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
190 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
191 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
192 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
193 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
195 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
196 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
197 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
198 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
200 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
202 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
203 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
204 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
205 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
207 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
209 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
210 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
211 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
212 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
213 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
215 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
216 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
217 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
218 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
219 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
220 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
221 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
222 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
223 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
224 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
226 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
227 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
228 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
230 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
231 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
232 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
233 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
234 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
248 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
249 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
250 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
251 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
252 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
253 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
254 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
255 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
256 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
257 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
258 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
260 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
261 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
262 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
264 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
265 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
266 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
267 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
277 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
281 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
282 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
283 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
284 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
285 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
286 |                   10.9    |            OpenBSD 5.4                  |
287 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.6.0
288 |                    |      |                 |                       |
289 |                    |      |                 |                       |
290 |                    |      |                 |                       |
291 |                    |      |                 |                       |
292FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
293 |                    |      |                 |                       |
294 v                    v      v                 v                       v
295
296Time
297----------------
298
299Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
300was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
301
302[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
303	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
304	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
305[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
306[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
307[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
308[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
309[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
310[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
311	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
312[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
313	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
314[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
315	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
316	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
317[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
318[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
319[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
320[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
321[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
322[USE] Usenet announcement.
323[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
324[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
325
326Multics                 1965
327UNIX                    Summer 1969
328				DEC PDP-7
329First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
330				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
331Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
332				10 UNIX installations
333Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
334				Pipes, 16 installations
335Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
336				rewriting in C effected,
337                                above 30 installations
338Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
339				above 50 installations
340Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
341				port to DEC Vax
342Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
343				first portable UNIX
344Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
345				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
346				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
347				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
348			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
349			and networking part by the streams mechanism
350
351Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
352Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
353
3541BSD                    late 1977
355			1978-03-09 [QCU]
356				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
357				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
358				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3592BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
360				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3612.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3622.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
363
3642.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
365				set of performance improvements
3662.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3672.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3682.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3692.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3702.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3712.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3722.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
373
37432V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3753BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
376				virtual memory, page replacement,
377                        	demand paging
3784.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3794.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3804.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
381				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3824.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3834.1cBSD                 late 1982
384				beta release, IPC [44B]
3854.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
386                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3874.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
388			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3894.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3904.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
391                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3924.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3934.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
394
395BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
396				first code released to people outside BSDI
397386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
398BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
399BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
400386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4014.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
402BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
403				first external gamma; G customers
404BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
405				would have been 1.0 except for request
406				for preliminary injunction
407BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
408				injunction denied; first official release
409NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4104.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
411NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
412FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
413FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
414				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
415BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4164.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
417FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
418FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
419FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
420				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
421NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
422386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
423FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
424BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
425FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
426BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4274.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
428				the true final distribution from the CSRG
429FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
430NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
431BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
432FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
433NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
434OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
435FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
436FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
437Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
438FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
439BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
440FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
441FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
442FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
443NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
444OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
445FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
446OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
447NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
448FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
449NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
450BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
451OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
452NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
453FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
454BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
455				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
456FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
457				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
458				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
459				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
460FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
461OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
462NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
463FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
464BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
465NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
466FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
467OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
468NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
469FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
470OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
471FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
472BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
473FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
474NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
475OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
476FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
477FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
478FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
479FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
480FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
481NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
482BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
483OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
484NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
485Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
486FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
487OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
488NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
489NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
490FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
491Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
492OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
493FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
494BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
495OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
496FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
497NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
498FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
499Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
500NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
501FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
502OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
503FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
504				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
505				-current, similar to 3.0.
506FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
507NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
508OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
509BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
510FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
511Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
512FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
513BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
514OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
515FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
516FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
517NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
518OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
519FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
520DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
521OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
522FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
523NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
524FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
525DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
526NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
527Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
528FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
529OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
530NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
531OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
532FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
533NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
534NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
535DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
536OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
537FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
538FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
539NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
540DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
541OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
542NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
543NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
544FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
545DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
546OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
547DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
548Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
549OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
550NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
551FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
552DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
553FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
554OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
555DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
556OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
557FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
558FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
559DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
560NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
561OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
562FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
563Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
564NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
565DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
566OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
567FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
568NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
569FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
570DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
571OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
572FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
573DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
574OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
575NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
576FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
577FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
578DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
579OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
580Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
581OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
582FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
583NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
584DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
585FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
586OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
587Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
588NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
589OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
590DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
591NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
592NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
593FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
594DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
595OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
596NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
597NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
598FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
599NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
600NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
601NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
602FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
603NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
604NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
605Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
606OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
607DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
608
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644
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647
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650
651James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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653("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
654
655
656Acknowledgments
657---------------
658
659Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
660original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
661
662Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
663
664--
665Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
666URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
667
668$FreeBSD$
669