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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
72   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
74   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88 |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
262 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
263 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
264 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
266 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
267 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
289 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
290 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
291 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
292 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
293 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
294 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
295 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
296 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
297 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
298 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
299 |             |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
300 |             |      |      |       |         |                       |
301 |             |      |      |       |         |                       |
302 |             |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
303 |             |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
304 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
305 |             |      |      |            OpenBSD 5.5                  |
306 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
307 |             |      |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.8.0
308 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
309 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
310 |             |      |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.8.1
311 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
312 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
313 |             |      |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.6.3
314 |             |      |      |                 |                       |
315 |          FreeBSD   |      |                 |                       |
316 |            9.3     |      |                 |                       |
317 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
318 |                    |      |                 |                       |
319 |                    |      |                 |                       |
320 |                    |      |                 |                       |
321 |                    |      |                 |                       |
322 |                    |      |                 |                       |
323 |                    |      |                 |                       |
324 |                    |      |                 |                       |
325 |                    |      |                 |                       |
326FreeBSD 11 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current     DragonFly -current
327 |                    |      |                 |                       |
328 v                    v      v                 v                       v
329
330Time
331----------------
332
333Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
334was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
335
336[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
337	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
338	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
339[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
340[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
341[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
342[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
343[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
344[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
345	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
346[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
347	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
348[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
349	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
350	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
351[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
352[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
353[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
354[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
355[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
356[USE] Usenet announcement.
357[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
358[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
359
360Multics                 1965
361UNIX                    Summer 1969
362				DEC PDP-7
363First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
364				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
365Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
366				10 UNIX installations
367Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
368				Pipes, 16 installations
369Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
370				rewriting in C effected,
371                                above 30 installations
372Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
373				above 50 installations
374Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
375				port to DEC Vax
376Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
377				first portable UNIX
378Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
379				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
380				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
381				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
382			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
383			and networking part by the streams mechanism
384
385Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
386Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
387
3881BSD                    late 1977
389			1978-03-09 [QCU]
390				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
391				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
392				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3932BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
394				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3952.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3962.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
397
3982.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
399				set of performance improvements
4002.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4012.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4022.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4032.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4042.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4052.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4062.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
407
40832V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4093BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
410				virtual memory, page replacement,
411                        	demand paging
4124.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4134.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4144.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
415				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4164.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4174.1cBSD                 late 1982
418				beta release, IPC [44B]
4194.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
420                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4214.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
422			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4234.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4244.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
425                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4264.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4274.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
428
429BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
430				first code released to people outside BSDI
431386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
432BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
433BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
434386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4354.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
436BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
437				first external gamma; G customers
438BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
439				would have been 1.0 except for request
440				for preliminary injunction
441BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
442				injunction denied; first official release
443NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4444.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
445NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
446FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
447FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
448				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
449BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4504.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
451FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
452FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
453FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
454				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
455NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
456386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
457FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
458BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
459FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
460BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4614.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
462				the true final distribution from the CSRG
463FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
464NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
465BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
466FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
467NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
468OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
469FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
470FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
471Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
472FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
473BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
474FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
475FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
476FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
477NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
478OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
479FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
480OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
481NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
482FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
483NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
484BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
485OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
486NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
487FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
488BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
489				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
490FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
491				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
492				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
493				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
494FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
495OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
496NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
497FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
498BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
499NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
500FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
501OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
502NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
503FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
504OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
505FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
506BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
507FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
508NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
509OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
510FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
511FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
512FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
513FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
514FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
515NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
516BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
517OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
518NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
519Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
520FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
521OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
522NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
523NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
524FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
525Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
526OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
527FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
528BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
529OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
530FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
531NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
532FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
533Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
534NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
535FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
536OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
537FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
538				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
539				-current, similar to 3.0.
540FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
541NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
542OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
543BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
544FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
545Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
546FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
547BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
548OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
549FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
550FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
551NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
552OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
553FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
554DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
555OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
556FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
557NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
558FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
559DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
560NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
561Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
562FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
563OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
564NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
565OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
567NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
568NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
569DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
570FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
571OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
572FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
573FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
574NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
575DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
576OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
577NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
578NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
579FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
580DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
581OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
582DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
583Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
584OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
585NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
586FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
587DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
588FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
589OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
590DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
591OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
592FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
593FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
594DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
595NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
596OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
597FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
598Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
599NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
600DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
601OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
602FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
603NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
604FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
605DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
606OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
607FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
608DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
609OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
610NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
611FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
612FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
613DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
614OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
615Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
616OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
617FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
618NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
619DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
620FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
621OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
622Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
623NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
624OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
625DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
626NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
627NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
628FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
629DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
630OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
631NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
632NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
633FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
634NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
635NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
636NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
637FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
638NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
639NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
640Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
641OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
642DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
643FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
644NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-27 [NBD]
645NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-27 [NBD]
646DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
647DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
648NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-19 [NDB]
649NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-19 [NDB]
650OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
651DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
652DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
653DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
654FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
655DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
656
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686
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689
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691URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
692
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695
696UNIX history
697URL: http://www.levenez.com/unix/
698
699James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
700URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
701("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
702
703
704Acknowledgments
705---------------
706
707Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
708original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
709
710Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
711
712--
713Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
714URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
715
716$FreeBSD$
717