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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 |  FreeBSD           |      |           |        |                    |
411 |   12.2             |      |           |        |            DragonFly 5.8
412 |     |              |      |           |        |                    |
413 |     |              |      |           |        |            DragonFly 5.6.3
414 |     v              |      |        NetBSD      |                    |
415 |                    |      |         8.2        |                    |
416 |                    |      |                    |                    |
417FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
418 |                    |      |                    |                    |
419 v                    v      v                    v                    v
420
421Time
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423
424Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
425was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
426
427[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
428	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
429	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
430[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
431[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
432[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
433[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
434[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
435[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
436	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
437[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
438	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
439[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
440	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
441	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
442[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
443[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
444[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
445[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
446[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
447[USE] Usenet announcement.
448[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
449[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
450
451Multics                 1965
452UNIX                    Summer 1969
453				DEC PDP-7
454First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
455				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
456Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
457				10 UNIX installations
458Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
459				Pipes, 16 installations
460Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
461				rewriting in C effected,
462                                above 30 installations
463Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
464				above 50 installations
465Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
466				port to DEC Vax
467Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
468				first portable UNIX
469Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
470				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
471				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
472				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
473			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
474			and networking part by the streams mechanism
475
476Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
477Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
478
4791BSD                    late 1977
480			1978-01-16 [DOC]
481			1978-03-09 [QCU]
482				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
483				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
484				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4852BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
486				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4872.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4882.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
489
4902.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
491				set of performance improvements
4922.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4932.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4942.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4952.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4962.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4972.11BSD			1991-03-14 [SMS]
4982.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
499
50032V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
5013BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
502				virtual memory, page replacement,
503                        	demand paging
5044.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5054.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5064.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
507				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5084.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5094.1cBSD                 late 1982
510				beta release, IPC [44B]
5114.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
512                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5134.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
514			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5154.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5164.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
517                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5184.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5194.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
520
521BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
522				first code released to people outside BSDI
523386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
524BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
525BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
526386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5274.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
528BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
529				first external gamma; G customers
530BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
531				would have been 1.0 except for request
532				for preliminary injunction
533BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
534				injunction denied; first official release
535NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5364.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
537NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
538FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
539FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
540				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
541BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5424.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
543FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
544FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
545FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
546				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
547NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
548386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
549FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
550BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
551FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
552BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5534.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
554				the true final distribution from the CSRG
555FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
556NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
557BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
558FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
559NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
560OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
561FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
562FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
563Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
564FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
565BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
566FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
567FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
568FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
569NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
570OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
571FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
572OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
573NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
574FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
575NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
576BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
577OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
578NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
579FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
580BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
581				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
582FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
583				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
584				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
585				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
586FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
587OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
588NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
589FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
590BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
591NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
592FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
593OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
594NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
595FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
596OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
597FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
598BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
599FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
600NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
601OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
602FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
603FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
604FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
605FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
606FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
607NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
608BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
609OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
610NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
611Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
612FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
613OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
614NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
615NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
616FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
617Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
618OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
619FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
620BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
621OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
622FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
623NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
624FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
625Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
626NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
627FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
628OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
629FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
630				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
631				-current, similar to 3.0.
632FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
633NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
634OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
635BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
636FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
637Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
638FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
639BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
640OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
641FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
642FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
643NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
644OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
645FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
646DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
647OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
648FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
649NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
650FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
651DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
652NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
653Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
654FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
655OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
656NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
657OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
658FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
659NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
660NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
661DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
662FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
663OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
664FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
665FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
666NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
667DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
668OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
669NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
670NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
671FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
672DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
673OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
674DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
675Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
676OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
677NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
678FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
679DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
680FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
681OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
682DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
683OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
684FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
685FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
686DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
687NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
688OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
689FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
690Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
691NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
692DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
693OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
694FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
695NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
696FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
697DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
698OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
699FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
700DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
701OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
702NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
703FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
704FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
705DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
706OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
707Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
708OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
709FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
710NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
711DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
712FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
713OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
714Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
715NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
716OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
717DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
718NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
719NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
720FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
721DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
722OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
723NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
724NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
725FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
726NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
727NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
728NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
729FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
730NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
731NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
732Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
733OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
734DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
735FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
736NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
737NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
738NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
739NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
740DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
741DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
742NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
743NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
744OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
745DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
746DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
747DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
748FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
749DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
750NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
751NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
752Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
753OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
754FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
755DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
756DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
757DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
758DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
759DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
760OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
761DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
762FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
763NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
764OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
765OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
766DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
767OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
768FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
769NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
770DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
771OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
772macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
773FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
774NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
775NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
776DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
777OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
778FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
779macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
780FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
781OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
782DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
783DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
784DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
785NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
786NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
787OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
788DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
789DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
790DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
791FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
792NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
793NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
794macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
795OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
796DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
797FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
798DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
799OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
800NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
801DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
802DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
803FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
804DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
805OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
806macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
807macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
808FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
809NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
810DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
811DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
812NetBSD 8.2 		2020-03-31 [NBD]
813FreeBSD 12.2		2020-10-27 [FBD]
814
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864
865
866Acknowledgments
867---------------
868
869Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
870original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
871
872Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
873
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875Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
876URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
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