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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'     *--NetBSD 0.9          |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /     /     |     \       |
70   |                    |         /     |      |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'      |      |       \     |
72   |               /    |               |      |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |               |      |         \   |
74   |             /      *--NetBSD 1.0 <-'      |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |     *--NetBSD 1.1 -.              BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |               \               |
88 |     |             | |     *--NetBSD 1.2    \            BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |     *--NetBSD 1.3     |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  |  |  |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0     *--NetBSD 1.5     |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |      *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |      *--NetBSD 2.0     |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |      *--NetBSD 3.0     |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |               DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |      *--NetBSD 4.0     |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |               DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |               DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |      *--NetBSD     OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      |   5.0           |                       |
234 |             \      |      |  / | \          |                       |
235 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \         |                       |
236 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \        |                       |
237 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD     |               DragonFly 2.4.0
238 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6                 |
239 |              |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
240 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
241 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
242 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD     |                       |
243 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2     |               DragonFly 2.6.0
244 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
245 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |            |                       |
246 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |            |                       |
247 |     |        |     |      |  | |            |               DragonFly 2.8.2
248 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
249 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD    |                       |
250 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1       |                       |
251 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
252 |     |              |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
253 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |        |                       |
254 |            \      10.7    |  |     |        |                       |
255 |             |      |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
256 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
257 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
258 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2      |                       |
259 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3      |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4      |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      |  |          OpenBSD 5.1                 |
266 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.     |                       |
267 |     |       |     10.8    |           |     |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |     |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |     |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      |    | |    | OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
271 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
272 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2    |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1   |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2   |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      |    | |          |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      |    |  \         |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1   |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      |    |      | OpenBSD 5.3         DragonFly 3.4.1
284 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2   |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3   |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4   |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5   |                       |
295 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
296 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
297 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6   |                       |
298 |     |       |      |      |    |            |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD    |                       |
300 |     |       |      |      |         6.1     |                       |
301 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
302 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
303 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.1    |                       |
304 |     |              |      |          |      |                       |
305 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
306 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2    |                       |
307 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |      |                       |
308 |     |             10.9    |          |  OpenBSD 5.4                 |
309 |     `-----.        |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.0
310 |            \       |      |          |      |                       |
311 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
312 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3    |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
314 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.1
315 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
317 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.2
318 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4    |                       |
320 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
321 |     |       |      |      |          |  OpenBSD 5.5                 |
322 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
323 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.0
324 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
325 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
326 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.1
327 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
328 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
329 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.3
330 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
331 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
332 |     |      9.3     |      |          |      |                       |
333 |     |              |      |       NetBSD    |               DragonFly 3.8.2
334 |     |              |      |        6.1.5    |                       |
335 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
336 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
337 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.6                 |
338 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
339 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
340 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
341 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
342 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
343 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
344 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
345 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
346 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
347 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
348 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
349 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.7                 |
350 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
351 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
352 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
353 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0     |                       |
354 |     |            10.11    |   | |       OpenBSD 5.8                 |
355 |     |              |      |   | `--.        |               DragonFly 4.4.1
356 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 5.9                 |
357 |   10.3             |      |   |    |        |                       |
358 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
359 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1      |                       |
360 |     `------.       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.6.0
361 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
362 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
363 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.0                 |
364 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD      |                       |
365 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2      |                       |
366 |     |      |       |      |   |             |                       |
367 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD     |                       |
368 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1       |                       |
369 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
370 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
371 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.8.0
372 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.1                 |
373 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 5.0.0
374 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |        |                       |
375 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.2         DragonFly 5.0.1
376 |     |              |      |   |    |        |                       |
377 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD      |               DragonFly 5.0.2
378 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1      |                       |
379 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
380 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
381 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2      `--.                    |
382 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
383 |            |       |      |   `-----.      OpenBSD 6.3              |
384 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |          |            DragonFly 5.2.0
385 |            |       |      |   8.0   |          |                    |
386 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.1
387 |            |       |      |   |     |          |                    |
388 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.2
389 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD  |                    |
390 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2    |                    |
391 |            |     macOS    |   |                |                    |
392 |            |     10.14    |   |            OpenBSD 6.4              |
393 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
394 |            |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |   |                |                    |
396 |   12.0     |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.1
397 |     |      |       |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.5              |
398 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
399 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD            |                    |
400 |     |      |       |      |   8.1              |            DragonFly 5.6
401 |     |      |       |      |                    |                    |
402 |     |      |       |      |                    |            DragonFly 5.6.1
403 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |                    |                    |
404 |     |     11.3   10.15    |                    |                    |
405 |  FreeBSD           |      |                OpenBSD 6.6              |
406 |   12.1           macOS    |                    |                    |
407 |     |           10.15.1   |                    |            DragonFly 5.6.2
408 |     |              |      *--NetBSD            |                    |
409 |     v              |      |   9.0              |                    |
410 |                    |      |                    |                    |
411 |                    |      |                    |            DragonFly 5.8
412 |                    |      |                    |                    |
413 |                    |      |                    |            DragonFly 5.6.3
414 |                    |      |                    |                    |
415FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
416 |                    |      |                    |                    |
417 v                    v      v                    v                    v
418
419Time
420----------------
421
422Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
423was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
424
425[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
426	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
427	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
428[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
429[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
430[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
431[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
432[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
433[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
434	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
435[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
436	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
437[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
438	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
439	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
440[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
441[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
442[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
443[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
444[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
445[USE] Usenet announcement.
446[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
447[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
448
449Multics                 1965
450UNIX                    Summer 1969
451				DEC PDP-7
452First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
453				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
454Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
455				10 UNIX installations
456Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
457				Pipes, 16 installations
458Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
459				rewriting in C effected,
460                                above 30 installations
461Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
462				above 50 installations
463Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
464				port to DEC Vax
465Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
466				first portable UNIX
467Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
468				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
469				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
470				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
471			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
472			and networking part by the streams mechanism
473
474Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
475Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
476
4771BSD                    late 1977
478			1978-03-09 [QCU]
479				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
480				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
481				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4822BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
483				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4842.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4852.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
486
4872.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
488				set of performance improvements
4892.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4902.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4912.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4922.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4932.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4942.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4952.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
496
49732V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4983BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
499				virtual memory, page replacement,
500                        	demand paging
5014.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5024.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5034.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
504				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5054.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5064.1cBSD                 late 1982
507				beta release, IPC [44B]
5084.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
509                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5104.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
511			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5124.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5134.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
514                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5154.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5164.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
517
518BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
519				first code released to people outside BSDI
520386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
521BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
522BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
523386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5244.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
525BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
526				first external gamma; G customers
527BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
528				would have been 1.0 except for request
529				for preliminary injunction
530BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
531				injunction denied; first official release
532NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5334.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
534NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
535FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
536FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
537				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
538BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5394.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
540FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
541FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
543				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
544NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
545386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
546FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
547BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
548FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
549BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5504.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
551				the true final distribution from the CSRG
552FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
553NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
554BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
555FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
556NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
557OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
558FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
559FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
560Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
561FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
562BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
563FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
564FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
565FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
566NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
567OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
568FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
569OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
570NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
571FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
572NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
573BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
574OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
575NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
576FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
577BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
578				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
579FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
580				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
581				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
582				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
583FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
584OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
585NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
586FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
587BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
588NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
589FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
590OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
591NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
592FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
593OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
594FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
595BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
596FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
597NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
598OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
599FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
600FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
601FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
602FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
603FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
604NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
605BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
606OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
607NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
608Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
609FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
610OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
611NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
612NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
613FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
614Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
615OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
616FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
617BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
618OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
619FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
620NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
621FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
622Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
623NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
624FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
625OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
626FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
627				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
628				-current, similar to 3.0.
629FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
630NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
631OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
632BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
633FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
634Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
635FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
636BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
637OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
638FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
639FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
640NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
641OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
642FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
643DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
644OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
645FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
646NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
647FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
648DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
649NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
650Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
651FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
652OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
653NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
654OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
655FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
656NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
657NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
658DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
659FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
660OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
661FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
662FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
663NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
664DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
665OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
666NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
667NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
668FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
669DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
670OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
671DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
672Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
673OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
674NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
675FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
676DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
677FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
678OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
679DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
680OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
681FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
682FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
683DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
684NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
685OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
686FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
687Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
688NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
689DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
690OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
691FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
692NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
693FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
694DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
695OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
696FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
697DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
698OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
699NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
700FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
701FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
702DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
703OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
704Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
705OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
706FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
707NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
708DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
709FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
710OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
711Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
712NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
713OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
714DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
715NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
716NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
717FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
718DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
719OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
720NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
721NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
722FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
723NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
724NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
725NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
726FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
727NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
728NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
729Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
730OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
731DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
732FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
733NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
734NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
735NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
736NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
737DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
738DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
739NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
740NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
741OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
742DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
743DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
744DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
745FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
746DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
747NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
748NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
749Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
750OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
751FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
752DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
753DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
754DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
755DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
756DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
757OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
758DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
759FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
760NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
761OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
762OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
763DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
764OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
765FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
766NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
767DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
768OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
769macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
770FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
771NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
772NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
773DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
774OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
775FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
776macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
777FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
778OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
779DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
780DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
781DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
782NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
783NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
784OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
785DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
786DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
787DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
788FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
789NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
790NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
791macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
792OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
793DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
794FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
795DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
796OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
797NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
798DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
799DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
800FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
801DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
802OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
803macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
804macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
805FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
806NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
807DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
808DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
809
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849
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859
860
861Acknowledgments
862---------------
863
864Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
865original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
866
867Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
868
869--
870Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
871URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
872
873$FreeBSD$
874