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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 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.4      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
265 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
266 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
267 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
269 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.2      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
295 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.6      |                       |
296 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
297 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
298 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
299 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
300 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
301 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
302 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
303 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
304 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
305 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
306 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
307 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
309 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
311 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
312 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
314 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
315 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
317 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
318 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
320 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
321 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
322 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
323 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
324 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
325 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
326 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
327 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
328 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
329 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
330 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
331 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
332 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
333 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
334 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
335 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
336 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
337 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
338 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
339 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
340 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
341 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
342 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
343 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
344 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
345 |     |            macOS  NetBSD 7.0          |                       |
346 |     |            10.11   | | |         OpenBSD 5.8                  |
347 |     |              |     | | `--.           |               DragonFly 4.4.1
348 |  FreeBSD           |     | |    |      OpenBSD 5.9                  |
349 |   10.3             |     | |    |           |                       |
350 |     |              |     | | NetBSD 7.0.1   |                       |
351 |     `------.       |     | |    |           |               DragonFly 4.6.0
352 |            |       |     | |    |           |                       |
353 |            |       |     | |    |           |                       |
354 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS   | |    |      OpenBSD 6.0                  |
355 |   11.0     |     10.12   | | NetBSD 7.0.2   |                       |
356 |     |      |       |     | |                |                       |
357 |     |      |       |     | *- NetBSD 7.1    |                       |
358 |     |      |       |     |      |           |                       |
359 |     |      |       |     |      |           |                       |
360 |     |      |     macOS   |      |           |               DragonFly 4.8.0
361 |     |      |     10.13   |      |      OpenBSD 6.1                  |
362 |  FreeBSD   |       |     |      |           |               DragonFly 5.0.0
363 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |     |      |           |                       |
364 |     |    10.4      |     |      |      OpenBSD 6.2          DragonFly 5.0.1
365 |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
366 |     |              |     |  NetBSD 7.1.1    |               DragonFly 5.0.2
367 |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
368 |     |              |     |  NetBSD 7.1.2    |                       |
369 |     |              |     |      |           |                       |
370 |     |              |     |      v           |                       |
371 |     v              |     |                  |                       |
372 |                    |     |                  |                       |
373FreeBSD 12 -current   | NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
374 |                    |     |                  |                       |
375 v                    v     v                  v                       v
376
377Time
378----------------
379
380Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
381was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
382
383[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
384	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
385	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
386[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
387[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
388[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
389[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
390[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
391[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
392	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
393[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
394	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
395[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
396	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
397	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
398[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
399[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
400[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
401[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
402[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
403[USE] Usenet announcement.
404[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
405[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
406
407Multics                 1965
408UNIX                    Summer 1969
409				DEC PDP-7
410First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
411				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
412Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
413				10 UNIX installations
414Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
415				Pipes, 16 installations
416Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
417				rewriting in C effected,
418                                above 30 installations
419Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
420				above 50 installations
421Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
422				port to DEC Vax
423Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
424				first portable UNIX
425Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
426				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
427				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
428				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
429			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
430			and networking part by the streams mechanism
431
432Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
433Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
434
4351BSD                    late 1977
436			1978-03-09 [QCU]
437				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
438				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
439				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4402BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
441				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4422.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4432.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
444
4452.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
446				set of performance improvements
4472.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4482.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4492.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4502.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4512.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4522.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4532.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
454
45532V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4563BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
457				virtual memory, page replacement,
458                        	demand paging
4594.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4604.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4614.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
462				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4634.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4644.1cBSD                 late 1982
465				beta release, IPC [44B]
4664.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
467                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4684.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
469			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4704.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4714.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
472                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4734.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4744.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
475
476BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
477				first code released to people outside BSDI
478386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
479BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
480BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
481386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4824.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
483BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
484				first external gamma; G customers
485BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
486				would have been 1.0 except for request
487				for preliminary injunction
488BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
489				injunction denied; first official release
490NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4914.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
492NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
493FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
494FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
495				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
496BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4974.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
498FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
499FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
500FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
501				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
502NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
503386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
504FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
505BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
506FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
507BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5084.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
509				the true final distribution from the CSRG
510FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
511NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
512BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
513FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
514NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
515OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
516FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
517FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
518Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
519FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
520BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
521FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
522FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
523FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
524NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
525OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
526FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
527OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
528NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
529FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
530NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
531BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
532OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
533NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
534FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
535BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
536				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
537FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
538				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
539				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
540				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
541FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
542OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
543NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
544FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
545BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
546NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
547FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
548OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
549NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
550FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
551OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
552FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
553BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
554FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
555NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
556OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
557FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
558FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
559FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
560FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
561FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
562NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
563BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
564OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
565NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
566Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
567FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
568OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
569NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
570NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
571FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
572Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
573OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
574FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
575BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
576OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
577FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
578NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
579FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
580Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
581NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
582FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
583OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
584FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
585				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
586				-current, similar to 3.0.
587FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
588NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
589OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
590BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
591FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
592Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
593FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
594BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
595OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
596FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
597FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
598NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
599OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
600FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
601DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
602OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
603FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
604NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
605FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
606DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
607NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
608Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
609FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
610OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
611NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
612OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
613FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
614NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
615NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
616DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
617FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
618OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
619FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
620FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
621NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
622DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
623OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
624NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
625NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
626FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
627DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
628OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
629DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
630Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
631OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
632NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
633FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
634DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
635FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
636OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
637DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
638OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
639FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
640FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
641DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
642NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
643OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
644FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
645Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
646NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
647DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
648OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
649FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
650NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
651FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
652DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
653OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
654FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
655DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
656OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
657NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
658FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
659FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
660DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
661OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
662Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
663OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
664FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
665NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
666DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
667FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
668OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
669Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
670NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
671OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
672DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
673NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
674NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
675FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
676DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
677OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
678NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
679NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
680FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
681NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
682NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
683NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
684FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
685NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
686NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
687Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
688OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
689DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
690FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
691NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
692NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
693NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
694NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
695DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
696DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
697NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
698NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
699OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
700DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
701DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
702DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
703FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
704DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
705NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
706NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
707Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
708OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
709FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
710DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
711DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
712DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
713DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
714DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
715OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
716DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
717FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
718NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
719OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
720OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
721DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
722OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
723FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
724NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
725DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
726OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
727macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
728FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
729NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
730NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
731DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
732OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
733FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
734macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
735FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
736OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
737DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
738DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
739DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
740NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
741NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
742
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779
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781URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
782
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785
786UNIX history
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788
789James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
790URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
791("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
792
793
794Acknowledgments
795---------------
796
797Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
798original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
799
800Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
801
802--
803Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
804URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
805
806$FreeBSD$
807