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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
262 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
263 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
264 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
266 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
267 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
283 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
284 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
285 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
286 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
287 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
288 |                   10.9    |            OpenBSD 5.4                  |
289 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.6.0
290 |                    |      |                 |                       |
291 |                    |      |                 |                       |
292 |                    |      |                 |                       |
293 |                    |      |                 |                       |
294 |                    |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
295 |                    |      |                 |                       |
296 |                    v      v                 v                       v
297 |
298 *--FreeBSD
299 |   10.0
300 |
301 |
302FreeBSD 11 -current
303 v
304
305Time
306----------------
307
308Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
309was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
310
311[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
312	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
313	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
314[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
315[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
316[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
317[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
318[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
319[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
320	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
321[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
322	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
323[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
324	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
325	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
326[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
327[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
328[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
329[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
330[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
331[USE] Usenet announcement.
332[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
333[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
334
335Multics                 1965
336UNIX                    Summer 1969
337				DEC PDP-7
338First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
339				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
340Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
341				10 UNIX installations
342Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
343				Pipes, 16 installations
344Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
345				rewriting in C effected,
346                                above 30 installations
347Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
348				above 50 installations
349Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
350				port to DEC Vax
351Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
352				first portable UNIX
353Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
354				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
355				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
356				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
357			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
358			and networking part by the streams mechanism
359
360Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
361Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
362
3631BSD                    late 1977
364			1978-03-09 [QCU]
365				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
366				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
367				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3682BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
369				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3702.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3712.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
372
3732.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
374				set of performance improvements
3752.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3762.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3772.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3782.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3792.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3802.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3812.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
382
38332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3843BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
385				virtual memory, page replacement,
386                        	demand paging
3874.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3884.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3894.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
390				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3914.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3924.1cBSD                 late 1982
393				beta release, IPC [44B]
3944.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
395                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3964.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
397			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3984.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3994.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
400                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4014.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4024.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
403
404BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
405				first code released to people outside BSDI
406386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
407BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
408BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
409386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4104.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
411BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
412				first external gamma; G customers
413BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
414				would have been 1.0 except for request
415				for preliminary injunction
416BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
417				injunction denied; first official release
418NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4194.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
420NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
421FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
422FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
423				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
424BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4254.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
426FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
427FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
428FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
429				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
430NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
431386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
432FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
433BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
434FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
435BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4364.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
437				the true final distribution from the CSRG
438FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
439NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
440BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
441FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
442NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
443OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
444FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
445FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
446Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
447FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
448BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
449FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
450FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
451FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
452NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
453OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
454FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
455OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
456NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
457FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
458NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
459BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
460OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
461NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
462FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
463BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
464				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
465FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
466				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
467				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
468				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
469FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
470OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
471NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
472FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
473BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
474NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
475FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
476OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
477NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
478FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
479OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
480FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
481BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
482FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
483NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
484OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
485FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
486FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
487FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
488FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
489FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
490NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
491BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
492OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
493NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
494Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
495FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
496OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
497NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
498NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
499FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
500Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
501OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
502FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
503BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
504OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
505FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
506NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
507FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
508Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
509NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
510FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
511OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
512FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
513				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
514				-current, similar to 3.0.
515FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
516NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
517OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
518BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
519FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
520Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
521FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
522BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
523OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
524FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
525FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
526NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
527OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
528FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
529DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
530OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
531FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
532NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
533FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
534DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
535NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
536Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
537FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
538OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
539NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
540OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
542NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
543NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
544DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
545FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
546OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
547FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
548FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
549NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
550DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
551OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
552NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
553NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
554FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
555DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
556OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
557DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
558Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
559OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
560NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
561FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
562DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
563FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
564OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
565DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
566OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
567FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
568FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
569DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
570NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
571OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
572FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
573Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
574NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
575DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
576OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
577FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
578NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
579FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
580DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
581OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
582FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
583DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
584OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
585NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
586FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
587FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
588DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
589OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
590Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
591OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
592FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
593NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
594DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
595FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
596OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
597Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
598NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
599OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
600DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
601NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
602NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
603FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
604DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
605OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
606NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
607NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
608FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
609NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
610NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
611NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
612FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
613NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
614NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
615Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
616OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
617DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
618FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
619
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658
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665
666
667Acknowledgments
668---------------
669
670Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
671original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
672
673Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
674
675--
676Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
677URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
678
679$FreeBSD$
680