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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'     *--NetBSD 0.9          |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /     /     |     \       |
70   |                    |         /     |      |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'      |      |       \     |
72   |               /    |               |      |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |               |      |         \   |
74   |             /      *--NetBSD 1.0 <-'      |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |     *--NetBSD 1.1 -.              BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |               \               |
88 |     |             | |     *--NetBSD 1.2    \            BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |     *--NetBSD 1.3     |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  |  |  |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0     *--NetBSD 1.5     |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |      *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |      *--NetBSD 2.0     |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |      *--NetBSD 3.0     |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |               DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |      *--NetBSD 4.0     |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |               DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |               DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |      *--NetBSD     OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      |   5.0           |                       |
234 |             \      |      |  / | \          |                       |
235 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \         |                       |
236 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \        |                       |
237 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD     |               DragonFly 2.4.0
238 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6                 |
239 |              |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
240 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
241 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
242 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD     |                       |
243 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2     |               DragonFly 2.6.0
244 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
245 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |            |                       |
246 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |            |                       |
247 |     |        |     |      |  | |            |               DragonFly 2.8.2
248 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
249 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD    |                       |
250 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1       |                       |
251 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
252 |     |              |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
253 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |        |                       |
254 |            \      10.7    |  |     |        |                       |
255 |             |      |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
256 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
257 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
258 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2      |                       |
259 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3      |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4      |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      |  |          OpenBSD 5.1                 |
266 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.     |                       |
267 |     |       |     10.8    |           |     |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |     |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |     |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      |    | |    | OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
271 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
272 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2    |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1   |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2   |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      |    | |          |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      |    |  \         |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1   |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      |    |      | OpenBSD 5.3         DragonFly 3.4.1
284 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2   |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3   |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4   |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5   |                       |
295 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
296 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
297 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6   |                       |
298 |     |       |      |      |    |            |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD    |                       |
300 |     |       |      |      |         6.1     |                       |
301 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
302 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
303 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.1    |                       |
304 |     |              |      |          |      |                       |
305 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
306 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2    |                       |
307 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |      |                       |
308 |     |             10.9    |          |  OpenBSD 5.4                 |
309 |     `-----.        |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.0
310 |            \       |      |          |      |                       |
311 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
312 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3    |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
314 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.1
315 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
317 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.2
318 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4    |                       |
320 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
321 |     |       |      |      |          |  OpenBSD 5.5                 |
322 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
323 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.0
324 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
325 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
326 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.1
327 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
328 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
329 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.3
330 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
331 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
332 |     |      9.3     |      |          |      |                       |
333 |     |              |      |       NetBSD    |               DragonFly 3.8.2
334 |     |              |      |        6.1.5    |                       |
335 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
336 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
337 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.6                 |
338 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
339 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
340 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
341 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
342 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
343 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
344 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
345 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
346 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
347 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
348 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
349 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.7                 |
350 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
351 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
352 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
353 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0     |                       |
354 |     |            10.11    |   | |       OpenBSD 5.8                 |
355 |     |              |      |   | `--.        |               DragonFly 4.4.1
356 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 5.9                 |
357 |   10.3             |      |   |    |        |                       |
358 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
359 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1      |                       |
360 |     `------.       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.6.0
361 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
362 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
363 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.0                 |
364 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD      |                       |
365 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2      |                       |
366 |     |      |       |      |   |             |                       |
367 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD     |                       |
368 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1       |                       |
369 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
370 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
371 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.8.0
372 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.1                 |
373 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 5.0.0
374 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |        |                       |
375 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.2         DragonFly 5.0.1
376 |     |              |      |   |    |        |                       |
377 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD      |               DragonFly 5.0.2
378 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1      |                       |
379 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
380 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
381 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2      `--.                    |
382 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
383 |            |       |      |   `-----.      OpenBSD 6.3              |
384 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |          |            DragonFly 5.2.0
385 |            |       |      |   8.0   |          |                    |
386 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.1
387 |            |       |      |   |     |          |                    |
388 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.2
389 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD  |                    |
390 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2    |                    |
391 |            |     macOS    |   |                |                    |
392 |            |     10.14    |   |            OpenBSD 6.4              |
393 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
394 |            |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD   |       |      |   |                |                    |
396 |   12.0     |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.1
397 |     |      |       |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.5              |
398 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
399 |     |      |       |      |  NetBSD            |                    |
400 |     |      |       |      |   8.1              |            DragonFly 5.6
401 |     |      |       |      |   |                |                    |
402 |     |      |       |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.6.1
403 |     |   FreeBSD  macOS    |   |                |                    |
404 |     |     11.3   10.15    |   |                |                    |
405 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.6              |
406 |   12.1           macOS    |   `-------.        |                    |
407 |     |           10.15.1   |           |        |            DragonFly 5.6.2
408 |     |              |      *--NetBSD   |        |                    |
409 |     v              |      |   9.0     |        |                    |
410 |                    |      |           |        |                    |
411 |                    |      |           |        |            DragonFly 5.8
412 |                    |      |           |        |                    |
413 |                    |      |           |        |            DragonFly 5.6.3
414 |                    |      |        NetBSD      |                    |
415 |                    |      |         8.2        |                    |
416 |                    |      |                    |                    |
417FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
418 |                    |      |                    |                    |
419 v                    v      v                    v                    v
420
421Time
422----------------
423
424Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
425was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
426
427[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
428	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
429	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
430[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
431[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
432[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
433[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
434[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
435[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
436	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
437[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
438	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
439[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
440	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
441	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
442[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
443[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
444[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
445[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
446[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
447[USE] Usenet announcement.
448[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
449[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
450
451Multics                 1965
452UNIX                    Summer 1969
453				DEC PDP-7
454First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
455				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
456Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
457				10 UNIX installations
458Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
459				Pipes, 16 installations
460Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
461				rewriting in C effected,
462                                above 30 installations
463Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
464				above 50 installations
465Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
466				port to DEC Vax
467Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
468				first portable UNIX
469Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
470				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
471				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
472				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
473			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
474			and networking part by the streams mechanism
475
476Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
477Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
478
4791BSD                    late 1977
480			1978-03-09 [QCU]
481				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
482				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
483				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4842BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
485				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4862.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4872.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
488
4892.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
490				set of performance improvements
4912.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4922.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4932.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4942.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4952.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4962.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4972.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
498
49932V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
5003BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
501				virtual memory, page replacement,
502                        	demand paging
5034.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
5044.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
5054.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
506				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
5074.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
5084.1cBSD                 late 1982
509				beta release, IPC [44B]
5104.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
511                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
5124.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
513			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
5144.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5154.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
516                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5174.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5184.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
519
520BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
521				first code released to people outside BSDI
522386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
523BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
524BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
525386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5264.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
527BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
528				first external gamma; G customers
529BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
530				would have been 1.0 except for request
531				for preliminary injunction
532BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
533				injunction denied; first official release
534NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5354.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
536NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
537FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
538FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
539				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
540BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5414.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
542FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
543FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
544FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
545				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
546NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
547386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
548FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
549BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
550FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
551BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5524.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
553				the true final distribution from the CSRG
554FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
555NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
556BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
557FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
558NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
559OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
560FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
561FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
562Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
563FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
564BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
565FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
566FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
567FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
568NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
569OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
570FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
571OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
572NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
573FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
574NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
575BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
576OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
577NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
578FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
579BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
580				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
581FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
582				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
583				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
584				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
585FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
586OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
587NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
588FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
589BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
590NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
591FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
592OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
593NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
594FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
595OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
596FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
597BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
598FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
599NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
600OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
601FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
602FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
603FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
604FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
605FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
606NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
607BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
608OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
609NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
610Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
611FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
612OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
613NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
614NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
615FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
616Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
617OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
618FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
619BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
620OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
621FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
622NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
623FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
624Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
625NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
626FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
627OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
628FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
629				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
630				-current, similar to 3.0.
631FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
632NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
633OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
634BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
635FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
636Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
637FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
638BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
639OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
640FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
641FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
642NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
643OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
644FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
645DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
646OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
647FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
648NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
649FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
650DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
651NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
652Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
653FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
654OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
655NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
656OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
657FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
658NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
659NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
660DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
661FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
662OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
663FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
664FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
665NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
666DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
667OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
668NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
669NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
670FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
671DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
672OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
673DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
674Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
675OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
676NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
677FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
678DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
679FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
680OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
681DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
682OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
683FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
684FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
685DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
686NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
687OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
688FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
689Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
690NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
691DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
692OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
693FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
694NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
695FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
696DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
697OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
698FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
699DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
700OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
701NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
702FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
703FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
704DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
705OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
706Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
707OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
708FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
709NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
710DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
711FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
712OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
713Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
714NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
715OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
716DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
717NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
718NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
719FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
720DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
721OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
722NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
723NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
724FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
725NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
726NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
727NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
728FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
729NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
730NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
731Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
732OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
733DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
734FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
735NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
736NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
737NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
738NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
739DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
740DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
741NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
742NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
743OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
744DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
745DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
746DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
747FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
748DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
749NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
750NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
751Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
752OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
753FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
754DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
755DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
756DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
757DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
758DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
759OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
760DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
761FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
762NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
763OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
764OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
765DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
766OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
767FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
768NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
769DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
770OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
771macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
772FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
773NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
774NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
775DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
776OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
777FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
778macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
779FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
780OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
781DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
782DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
783DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
784NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
785NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
786OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
787DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
788DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
789DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
790FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
791NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
792NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
793macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
794OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
795DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
796FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
797DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
798OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
799NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
800DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
801DragonFly 5.6.1		2019-06-19 [DFB]
802FreeBSD 11.3		2019-07-09 [FBD]
803DragonFly 5.6.2		2019-08-11 [DFB]
804OpenBSD 6.6		2019-10-17 [OBD]
805macOS 10.15		2019-10-07 [APL]
806macOS 10.15.1		2019-10-29 [APL] (security/critical release)
807FreeBSD 12.1		2019-11-04 [FBD]
808NetBSD 9.0 		2020-02-14 [NBD]
809DragonFly 5.8 		2020-03-03 [DFB]
810DragonFly 5.6.3 	2020-03-11 [DFB]
811NetBSD 8.2 		2020-03-31 [NBD]
812
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863
864Acknowledgments
865---------------
866
867Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
868original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
869
870Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
871
872--
873Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
874URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
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