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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 |     |              |     |      v           |                       |
369 |     v              |     |                  |                       |
370 |                    |     |                  |                       |
371FreeBSD 12 -current   | NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
372 |                    |     |                  |                       |
373 v                    v     v                  v                       v
374
375Time
376----------------
377
378Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
379was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
380
381[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
382	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
383	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
384[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
385[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
386[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
387[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
388[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
389[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
390	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
391[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
392	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
393[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
394	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
395	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
396[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
397[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
398[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
399[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
400[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
401[USE] Usenet announcement.
402[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
403[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
404
405Multics                 1965
406UNIX                    Summer 1969
407				DEC PDP-7
408First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
409				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
410Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
411				10 UNIX installations
412Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
413				Pipes, 16 installations
414Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
415				rewriting in C effected,
416                                above 30 installations
417Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
418				above 50 installations
419Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
420				port to DEC Vax
421Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
422				first portable UNIX
423Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
424				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
425				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
426				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
427			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
428			and networking part by the streams mechanism
429
430Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
431Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
432
4331BSD                    late 1977
434			1978-03-09 [QCU]
435				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
436				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
437				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4382BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
439				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4402.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4412.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
442
4432.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
444				set of performance improvements
4452.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4462.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4472.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4482.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4492.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4502.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4512.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
452
45332V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4543BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
455				virtual memory, page replacement,
456                        	demand paging
4574.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4584.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4594.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
460				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4614.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4624.1cBSD                 late 1982
463				beta release, IPC [44B]
4644.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
465                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4664.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
467			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4684.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4694.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
470                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4714.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4724.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
473
474BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
475				first code released to people outside BSDI
476386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
477BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
478BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
479386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4804.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
481BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
482				first external gamma; G customers
483BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
484				would have been 1.0 except for request
485				for preliminary injunction
486BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
487				injunction denied; first official release
488NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4894.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
490NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
491FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
492FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
493				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
494BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4954.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
496FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
497FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
498FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
499				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
500NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
501386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
502FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
503BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
504FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
505BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5064.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
507				the true final distribution from the CSRG
508FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
509NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
510BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
511FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
512NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
513OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
514FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
515FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
516Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
517FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
518BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
519FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
520FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
521FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
522NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
523OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
524FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
525OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
526NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
527FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
528NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
529BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
530OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
531NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
532FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
533BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
534				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
535FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
536				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
537				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
538				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
539FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
540OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
541NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
542FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
543BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
544NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
545FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
546OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
547NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
548FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
549OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
550FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
551BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
552FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
553NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
554OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
555FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
556FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
557FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
558FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
559FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
560NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
561BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
562OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
563NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
564Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
565FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
566OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
567NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
568NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
569FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
570Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
571OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
572FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
573BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
574OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
575FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
576NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
577FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
578Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
579NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
580FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
581OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
582FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
583				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
584				-current, similar to 3.0.
585FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
586NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
587OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
588BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
589FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
590Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
591FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
592BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
593OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
594FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
595FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
596NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
597OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
598FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
599DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
600OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
601FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
602NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
603FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
604DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
605NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
606Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
607FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
608OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
609NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
610OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
611FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
612NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
613NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
614DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
615FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
616OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
617FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
618FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
619NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
620DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
621OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
622NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
623NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
624FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
625DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
626OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
627DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
628Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
629OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
630NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
631FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
632DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
633FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
634OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
635DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
636OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
637FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
638FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
639DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
640NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
641OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
642FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
643Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
644NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
645DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
646OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
647FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
648NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
649FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
650DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
651OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
652FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
653DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
654OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
655NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
656FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
657FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
658DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
659OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
660Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
661OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
662FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
663NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
664DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
665FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
666OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
667Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
668NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
669OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
670DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
671NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
672NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
673FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
674DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
675OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
676NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
677NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
678FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
679NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
680NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
681NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
682FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
683NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
684NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
685Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
686OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
687DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
688FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
689NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
690NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
691NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
692NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
693DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
694DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
695NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
696NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
697OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
698DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
699DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
700DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
701FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
702DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
703NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
704NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
705Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
706OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
707FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
708DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
709DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
710DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
711DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
712DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
713OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
714DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
715FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
716NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
717OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
718OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
719DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
720OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
721FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
722NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
723DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
724OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
725macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
726FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
727NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
728NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
729DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
730OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
731FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
732macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
733FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
734OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
735DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
736DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
737DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
738NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
739
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776
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778URL: https://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
779
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782
783UNIX history
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785
786James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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789
790
791Acknowledgments
792---------------
793
794Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
795original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
796
797Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
798
799--
800Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
801URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
802
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