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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 6.1   |                       |
295 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
296 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
297 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
298 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
299 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
300 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
301 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
302 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
303 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
304 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
305 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
306 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
307 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
309 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
311 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
312 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
314 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
315 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
317 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
318 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
320 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
321 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
322 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
323 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
324 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
325 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
326 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
327 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
328 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
329 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
330 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
331 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
332 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
333 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
334 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
335 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
336 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
337 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
338 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
339 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
340 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
341 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
342 |     |            OS X  NetBSD 7.0           |                       |
343 |     |            10.11    |            OpenBSD 5.8                  |
344 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.4.1
345 |  FreeBSD           |      |            OpenBSD 5.9                  |
346 |   10.3             |      |                 |                       |
347 |                    |   NetBSD 7.0.1         |                       |
348 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.6.0
349 |                    |      |                 |                       |
350 |                    |      |                 |                       |
351 *--FreeBSD         macOS    |            OpenBSD 6.0                  |
352 |   11.0           10.12    |                 |                       |
353 |                    |   NetBSD 7.1           |                       |
354 |                    |      |                 |                       |
355FreeBSD 12 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
356 |                    |      |                 |                       |
357 v                    v      v                 v                       v
358
359Time
360----------------
361
362Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
363was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
364
365[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
366	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
367	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
368[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
369[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
370[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
371[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
372[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
373[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
374	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
375[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
376	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
377[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
378	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
379	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
380[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
381[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
382[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
383[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
384[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
385[USE] Usenet announcement.
386[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
387[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
388
389Multics                 1965
390UNIX                    Summer 1969
391				DEC PDP-7
392First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
393				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
394Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
395				10 UNIX installations
396Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
397				Pipes, 16 installations
398Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
399				rewriting in C effected,
400                                above 30 installations
401Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
402				above 50 installations
403Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
404				port to DEC Vax
405Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
406				first portable UNIX
407Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
408				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
409				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
410				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
411			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
412			and networking part by the streams mechanism
413
414Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
415Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
416
4171BSD                    late 1977
418			1978-03-09 [QCU]
419				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
420				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
421				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4222BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
423				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4242.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4252.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
426
4272.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
428				set of performance improvements
4292.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4302.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4312.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4322.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4332.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4342.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4352.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
436
43732V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
4383BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
439				virtual memory, page replacement,
440                        	demand paging
4414.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4424.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4434.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
444				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4454.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4464.1cBSD                 late 1982
447				beta release, IPC [44B]
4484.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
449                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4504.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
451			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4524.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4534.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
454                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4554.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4564.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
457
458BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
459				first code released to people outside BSDI
460386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
461BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
462BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
463386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4644.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
465BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
466				first external gamma; G customers
467BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
468				would have been 1.0 except for request
469				for preliminary injunction
470BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
471				injunction denied; first official release
472NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4734.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
474NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
475FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
476FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
477				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
478BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4794.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
480FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
481FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
482FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
483				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
484NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
485386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
486FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
487BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
488FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
489BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4904.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
491				the true final distribution from the CSRG
492FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
493NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
494BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
495FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
496NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
497OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
498FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
499FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
500Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
501FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
502BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
503FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
504FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
505FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
506NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
507OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
508FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
509OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
510NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
511FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
512NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
513BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
514OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
515NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
516FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
517BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
518				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
519FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
520				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
521				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
522				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
523FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
524OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
525NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
526FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
527BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
528NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
529FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
530OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
531NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
532FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
533OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
534FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
535BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
536FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
537NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
538OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
539FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
540FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
541FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
543FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
544NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
545BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
546OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
547NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
548Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
549FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
550OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
551NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
552NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
553FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
554Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
555OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
556FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
557BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
558OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
559FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
560NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
561FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
562Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
563NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
564FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
565OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
567				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
568				-current, similar to 3.0.
569FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
570NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
571OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
572BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
573FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
574Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
575FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
576BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
577OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
578FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
579FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
580NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
581OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
582FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
583DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
584OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
585FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
586NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
587FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
588DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
589NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
590Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
591FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
592OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
593NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
594OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
595FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
596NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
597NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
598DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
599FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
600OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
601FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
602FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
603NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
604DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
605OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
606NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
607NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
608FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
609DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
610OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
611DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
612Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
613OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
614NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
615FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
616DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
617FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
618OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
619DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
620OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
621FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
622FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
623DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
624NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
625OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
626FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
627Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
628NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
629DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
630OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
631FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
632NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
633FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
634DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
635OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
636FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
637DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
638OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
639NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
640FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
641FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
642DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
643OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
644Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
645OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
646FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
647NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
648DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
649FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
650OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
651Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
652NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
653OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
654DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
655NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
656NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
657FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
658DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
659OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
660NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
661NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
662FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
663NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
664NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
665NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
666FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
667NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
668NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
669Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
670OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
671DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
672FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
673NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
674NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
675NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
676NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
677DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
678DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
679NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NDB]
680NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NDB]
681OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
682DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
683DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
684DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
685FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
686DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
687NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
688Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
689OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
690FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
691DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
692DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
693DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
694DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
695DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
696OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
697DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
698FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
699NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
700OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
701OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
702DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
703OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
704FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
705NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
706DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
707OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
708FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
709NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
710
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760
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762Acknowledgments
763---------------
764
765Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
766original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
767
768Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
769
770--
771Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
772URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
773
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