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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 |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115 |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141 |      |             |      |                 |             |
142 |      |             |      |                 |             |
143 |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158 |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170 |      |          |  |      |                 |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172 |                 |  |      |                 |
173 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
174 |                    |      |                 |                      \
175FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
176 |                    |      |                 |                       |
177FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |                 DragonFly 1.0
178 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
179 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
180 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
181FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
182 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
183 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
184 |                    |      |                 |                       |
185 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
186 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
187 |           |        |   NetBSD 2.0           |                       |
188 |           |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.2.0
189 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
190 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
191 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
192 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
193 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
195 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
196 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
197 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
198 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
200 |     |     |        |   NetBSD 3.0           |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |                DragonFly 1.4.0
202 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
203 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
204 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
205 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |                DragonFly 1.6.0
207 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
209 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
210 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
211 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
212 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.8.0
213 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
214 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 1.10.0
215 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
216 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
217 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
218 |     |              |   NetBSD 4.0           |                       |
219 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
220 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
221 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |                DragonFly 1.12.0
222 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
223 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
224 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |                DragonFly 2.0.0
225 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
226 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
227 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
228 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                DragonFly 2.2.0
230 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |   NetBSD 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
231 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
232 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
233 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
234 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |                DragonFly 2.4.0
235 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
236 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
237 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
238 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
240 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |                DragonFly 2.6.0
241 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
242 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
243 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
244 |     |        |     |      | |               |                DragonFly 2.8.2
245 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
246 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
247 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
248 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
249 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
250 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
251 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
252 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
253 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
254 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
255 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
256 |     |      8.3     |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
257 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
258 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
259 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
261 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
262 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
263 |             |      |      | |  \            |                       |
264 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
265 |             |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
266 |             |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
267 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
268 |             |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
269 |             |      |      | |               |                       |
270 |             |      |      |  `-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
271 |          FreeBSD   |      |                 |                       |
272 |            8.4     |      |                 |                       |
273 |                    |      |                 |                       |
274 |                    |      |                 |                       |
275 |                    |      |                 |                       |
276FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
277 |                    |      |                 |                       |
278 v                    v      v                 v                       v
279
280Time
281----------------
282
283Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
284was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
285
286[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
287	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
288	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
289[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
290[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
291[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
292[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
293[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
294[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
295	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
296[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
297	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
298[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
299	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
300	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
301[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
302[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
303[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
304[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
305[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
306[USE] Usenet announcement.
307[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
308[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
309
310Multics                 1965
311UNIX                    Summer 1969
312				DEC PDP-7
313First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
314				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
315Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
316				10 UNIX installations
317Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
318				Pipes, 16 installations
319Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
320				rewriting in C effected,
321                                above 30 installations
322Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
323				above 50 installations
324Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
325				port to DEC Vax
326Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
327				first portable UNIX
328Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
329				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
330				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
331				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
332			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
333			and networking part by the streams mechanism
334
335Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
336Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
337
3381BSD                    late 1977
339			1978-03-09 [QCU]
340				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
341				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
342				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3432BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
344				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3452.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3462.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
347
3482.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
349				set of performance improvements
3502.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3512.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3522.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3532.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3542.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3552.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3562.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
357
35832V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3593BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
360				virtual memory, page replacement,
361                        	demand paging
3624.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3634.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3644.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
365				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3664.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3674.1cBSD                 late 1982
368				beta release, IPC [44B]
3694.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
370                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3714.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
372			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3734.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3744.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
375                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3764.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3774.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
378
379BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
380				first code released to people outside BSDI
381386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
382BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
383BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
384386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3854.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
386BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
387				first external gamma; G customers
388BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
389				would have been 1.0 except for request
390				for preliminary injunction
391BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
392				injunction denied; first official release
393NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
3944.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
395NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
396FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
397FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
398				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
399BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4004.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
401FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
402FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
403FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
404				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
405NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
406386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
407FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
408BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
409FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
410BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4114.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
412				the true final distribution from the CSRG
413FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
414NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
415BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
416FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
417NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
418OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
419FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
420FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
421Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
422FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
423BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
424FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
425FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
426FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
427NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
428OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
429FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
430OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
431NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
432FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
433NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
434BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
435OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
436NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
437FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
438BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
439				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
440FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
441				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
442				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
443				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
444FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
445OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
446NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
447FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
448BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
449NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
450FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
451OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
452NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
453FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
454OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
455FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
456BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
457FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
458NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
459OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
460FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
461FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
462FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
463FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
464FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
465NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
466BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
467OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
468NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
469Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
470FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
471OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
472NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
473NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
474FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
475Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
476OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
477FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
478BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
479OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
480FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
481NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
482FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
483Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
484NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
485FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
486OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
487FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
488				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
489				-current, similar to 3.0.
490FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
491NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
492OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
493BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
494FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
495Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
496FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
497BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
498OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
499FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
500FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
501NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
502OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
503FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
504DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
505OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
506FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
507NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
508FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
509DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
510NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
511Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
512FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
513OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
514NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
515OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
516FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
517NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
518NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
519DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
520OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
521FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
522FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
523NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
524DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
525OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
526NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
527NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
528FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
529DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
530OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
531DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
532Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
533OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
534NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
535FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
536DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
537FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
538OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
539DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
540OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
542FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
543DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
544NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
545OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
546FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
547Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
548NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
549DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
550OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
551FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
552NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
553FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
554DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
555OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
556FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
557DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
558OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
559NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
560FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
561FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
562DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
563OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
564Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
565OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
567NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
568DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
569FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
570OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
571Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
572NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
573OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
574DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
575NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
576NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
577FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
578DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
579OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
580NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
581NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
582FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
583
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616
617BSD Hypertext Man Pages
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619
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622
623UNIX history
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625
626James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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628("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
629
630
631Acknowledgments
632---------------
633
634Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
635original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
636
637Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
638
639--
640Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
641URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
642
643$FreeBSD: src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree,v 1.170 2013/06/17 00:27:13 svnexp Exp $
644