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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     |      | |      |        |                       |
257 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
258 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.4      |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
263 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
264 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
265 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
266 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
267 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
268 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.2      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
280 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.3 |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.4 |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.5 |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      |  `-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
290 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
291 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
292 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
293 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
294 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
295 |                   10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
296 |                    |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
297 |                    |      |       |         |                       |
298 *--FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
299 |   10.0             |      |       |         |                       |
300 |                    |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
301 |                    |      |                 |                       |
302 |                    |      |                 |               DragonFly 3.6.1
303 |                    |      |            OpenBSD 5.5                  |
304 |                    |      |                 |                       |
305FreeBSD 11 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current   DragonFly -current
306 |                    |      |                 |                       |
307 v                    v      v                 v                       v
308
309Time
310----------------
311
312Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
313was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
314
315[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
316	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
317	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
318[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
319[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
320[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
321[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
322[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
323[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
324	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
325[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
326	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
327[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
328	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
329	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
330[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
331[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
332[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
333[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
334[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
335[USE] Usenet announcement.
336[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
337[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
338
339Multics                 1965
340UNIX                    Summer 1969
341				DEC PDP-7
342First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
343				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
344Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
345				10 UNIX installations
346Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
347				Pipes, 16 installations
348Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
349				rewriting in C effected,
350                                above 30 installations
351Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
352				above 50 installations
353Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
354				port to DEC Vax
355Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
356				first portable UNIX
357Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
358				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
359				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
360				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
361			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
362			and networking part by the streams mechanism
363
364Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
365Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
366
3671BSD                    late 1977
368			1978-03-09 [QCU]
369				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
370				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
371				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3722BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
373				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3742.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3752.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
376
3772.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
378				set of performance improvements
3792.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3802.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3812.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3822.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3832.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3842.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3852.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
386
38732V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3883BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
389				virtual memory, page replacement,
390                        	demand paging
3914.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3924.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3934.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
394				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3954.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3964.1cBSD                 late 1982
397				beta release, IPC [44B]
3984.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
399                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4004.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
401			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4024.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4034.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
404                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4054.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4064.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
407
408BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
409				first code released to people outside BSDI
410386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
411BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
412BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
413386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4144.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
415BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
416				first external gamma; G customers
417BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
418				would have been 1.0 except for request
419				for preliminary injunction
420BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
421				injunction denied; first official release
422NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4234.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
424NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
425FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
426FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
427				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
428BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4294.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
430FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
431FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
432FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
433				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
434NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
435386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
436FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
437BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
438FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
439BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4404.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
441				the true final distribution from the CSRG
442FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
443NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
444BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
445FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
446NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
447OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
448FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
449FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
450Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
451FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
452BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
453FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
454FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
455FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
456NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
457OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
458FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
459OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
460NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
461FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
462NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
463BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
464OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
465NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
466FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
467BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
468				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
469FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
470				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
471				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
472				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
473FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
474OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
475NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
476FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
477BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
478NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
479FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
480OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
481NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
482FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
483OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
484FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
485BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
486FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
487NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
488OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
489FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
490FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
491FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
492FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
493FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
494NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
495BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
496OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
497NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
498Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
499FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
500OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
501NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
502NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
503FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
504Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
505OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
506FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
507BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
508OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
509FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
510NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
511FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
512Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
513NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
514FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
515OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
516FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
517				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
518				-current, similar to 3.0.
519FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
520NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
521OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
522BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
523FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
524Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
525FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
526BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
527OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
528FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
529FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
530NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
531OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
532FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
533DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
534OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
535FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
536NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
537FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
538DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
539NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
540Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
541FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
542OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
543NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
544OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
545FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
546NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
547NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
548DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
549OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
550FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
551FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
552NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
553DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
554OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
555NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
556NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
557FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
558DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
559OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
560DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
561Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
562OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
563NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
564FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
565DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
566FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
567OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
568DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
569OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
570FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
571FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
572DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
573NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
574OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
575FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
576Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
577NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
578DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
579OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
580FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
581NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
582FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
583DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
584OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
585FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
586DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
587OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
588NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
589FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
590FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
591DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
592OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
593Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
594OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
595FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
596NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
597DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
598FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
599OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
600Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
601NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
602OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
603DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
604NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
605NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
606FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
607DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
608OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
609NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
610NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
611FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
612NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
613NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
614NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
615FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
616NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
617NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
618Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
619OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
620DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
621FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
622NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
623NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
624NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
625NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
626DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
627NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
628NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
629OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
630
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665URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
666
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669
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672
673James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
674URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
675("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
676
677
678Acknowledgments
679---------------
680
681Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
682original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
683
684Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
685
686--
687Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
688URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
689
690$FreeBSD$
691