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1The UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
2---------------------------------------------
3
4First Edition (V1)
5     |
6Second Edition (V2)
7     |
8Third Edition (V3)
9     |
10Fourth Edition (V4)
11     |
12Fifth Edition (V5)
13     |
14Sixth Edition (V6) -----*
15       \                |
16        \               |
17         \              |
18Seventh Edition (V7)    |
19            \           |
20             \        1BSD
21             32V        |
22               \      2BSD---------------*
23                \    /                   |
24                 \  /                    |
25                  \/                     |
26                 3BSD                    |
27                  |                      |
28               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29                  |                      |
30               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31                  |                      |
32              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33                  |                \     |
34              4.1bBSD                \   |
35                  |                    \ |
36      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
37     /            |                      |
38Eighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
39     |            |                      |
40     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
41     |            |                      |
42     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
43     |            |               /      |
44Ninth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
45     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46     |            |              \       |
47     |            |                \     |
48     v            |                  2.11BSD
49Tenth Edition     |                      |
50                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
51               4.3BSD NET/1              |
52                  |                      v
53               4.3BSD Reno
54                  |
55   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
56   |                    |                      |             |
57386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58   |                    |                      |             |
59386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
60   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
61   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
62   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
63   |                    |                    / |             |
64   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
65   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
66   |               /    |                      |             |
67FreeBSD 1.0 <-----'     *--NetBSD 0.9          |           BSD/386 1.1
68   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69FreeBSD 1.1             |          /     /     |     \       |
70   |                    |         /     |      |      \      |
71FreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'      |      |       \     |
72   |               /    |               |      |        \    |
73FreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |               |      |         \   |
74   |             /      *--NetBSD 1.0 <-'      |          \  |
75   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76FreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
77   |                     \                     |             |
78FreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
79   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
80   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
82   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
83   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85FreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86 |   |               | |     *--NetBSD 1.1 -.              BSD/OS 2.1
87 | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |               \               |
88 |     |             | |     *--NetBSD 1.2    \            BSD/OS 3.0
89 | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90 |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91 | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92 |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93 | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94 |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95 | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96 |                   | |     |                 |             |
97 |                   | |     |                 |             |
98 *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99 |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100 |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102 |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103 |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104 |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105 |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106 |         |         | |     *--NetBSD 1.3     |             |
107 |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109 |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110 |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111 |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112 |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113 |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
114 |         |         | |     |    |            |             |
115 |         v         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116 |     FreeBSD 2.2.9 | |     |    |            |             |
117 |                   | |     |    |            |             |
118FreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
119 |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
120 *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
121 |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
122 |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  .--*--NetBSD 1.4 OpenBSD 2.5       |
123 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
125 |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
126 |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
127 |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
128 |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
129 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
130FreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
131 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
132 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133 |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
134 |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135 |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136 |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
137 *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
138 |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
139 |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
140 |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
141 |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
142 |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
143 |      |             |      |                 |             |
144 |      |             |      |                 |             |
145 |      |           10.0     *--NetBSD 1.5     |             |
146 |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
147 |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
148 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
149 |      |             |      |    |            |             |
150 |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
151 |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
152 |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
153 |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
154 |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
155 |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
156 |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
157 |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
158 |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
159 |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
160 |      |             |      *--NetBSD 1.6 OpenBSD 3.2       |
161 |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
162 |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
163 |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
164 |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
165 |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
166 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167 |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
168 |      |          |  |      |    |            |
169 |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
170 |      |          |  |      |    v            |
171 |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
172 |      |          |  |      |                 |
173 |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
174 |                 |  |      |                 |
175 |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
176 |                    |      |                 |                      \
177FreeBSD 5.0           |      |                 |                       |
178 |                    |      |                 |                       |
179FreeBSD 5.1           |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.0
180 |          \         |      |                 |                       |
181 |           ----- Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
182 |                   10.3    |                 |                       |
183FreeBSD 5.2           |      |                 |                       |
184 |      |             |      |                 |                       |
185 |   FreeBSD 5.2.1    |      |                 |                       |
186 |                    |      |                 |                       |
187 *-------FreeBSD 5.3  |      |                 |                       |
188 |           |        |      |             OpenBSD 3.6                 |
189 |           |        |      *--NetBSD 2.0     |                       |
190 |           |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.2.0
191 |           |     Mac OS X  | | NetBSD 2.0.2  |                       |
192 |           |       10.4    | |  |            |                       |
193 |       FreeBSD 5.4  |      | |  |            |                       |
194 |           |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.7                 |
195 |           |        |      | | NetBSD 2.0.3  |                       |
196 |           |        |      | |  |            |                       |
197 *--FreeBSD  |        |      | |  v        OpenBSD 3.8                 |
198 |    6.0    |        |      | |               |                       |
199 |     |     |        |      |  \              |                       |
200 |     |     |        |      | NetBSD 2.1      |                       |
201 |     |     |        |      |                 |                       |
202 |     |     |        |      *--NetBSD 3.0     |                       |
203 |     |     |        |      | |  |            |               DragonFly 1.4.0
204 |     |     |        |      | |  |        OpenBSD 3.9                 |
205 |  FreeBSD  |        |      | |  |            |                       |
206 |    6.1    |        |      | |  |            |                       |
207 |     |  FreeBSD 5.5 |      | |  |            |                       |
208 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.1  |               DragonFly 1.6.0
209 |     |              |      | |  |            |                       |
210 |     |              |      | |  |        OpenBSD 4.0                 |
211 |     |              |      | | NetBSD 3.0.2  |                       |
212 |     |              |      | NetBSD 3.1      |                       |
213 | FreeBSD 6.2        |      |                 |                       |
214 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.8.0
215 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.1                 |
216 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 1.10.0
217 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
218 |     |             10.5    |                 |                       |
219 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 4.2                 |
220 |     |              |      *--NetBSD 4.0     |                       |
221 | FreeBSD 6.3        |      |    |            |                       |
222 |            \       |      |    |            |                       |
223 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    |            |               DragonFly 1.12.0
224 |    7.0      |      |      |    |            |                       |
225 |     |       |      |      |    |        OpenBSD 4.3                 |
226 |     |       |      |      | NetBSD          |               DragonFly 2.0.0
227 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  4.0.1      OpenBSD 4.4                 |
228 |     |      6.4     |      |                 |                       |
229 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
230 |  FreeBSD 7.1       |      |                 |                       |
231 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 2.2.0
232 |  FreeBSD 7.2       |      *--NetBSD     OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      |   5.0           |                       |
234 |             \      |      |  / | \          |                       |
235 |              |  Mac OS X  |  | |  \         |                       |
236 |              |    10.6    |  | |   \        |                       |
237 |              |     |      |  | | NetBSD     |               DragonFly 2.4.0
238 |              |     |      |  | |  5.0.1 OpenBSD 4.6                 |
239 |              |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
240 *--FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
241 |    8.0       |     |      |  | |    |       |                       |
242 |     |     FreeBSD  |      |  | | NetBSD     |                       |
243 |     |       7.3    |      |  | |  5.0.2     |               DragonFly 2.6.0
244 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.7                 |
245 |  FreeBSD     |     |      |  | |            |                       |
246 |    8.1       |     |      |  | |            |                       |
247 |     |        |     |      |  | |            |               DragonFly 2.8.2
248 |     |        |     |      |  | |        OpenBSD 4.8                 |
249 |     |        |     |      |  | *--NetBSD    |                       |
250 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      |  |    5.1       |                       |
251 |    8.2      7.4    |      |  |     |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
252 |     |              |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
253 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  |  |     |        |                       |
254 |            \      10.7    |  |     |        |                       |
255 |             |      |      |  |     |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
256 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
257 |    9.0      |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
258 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |  |   5.1.2      |                       |
259 |     |      8.3     |      |  |     |        |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.3      |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      |  |     |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      |  |  NetBSD      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      |  |   5.1.4      |                       |
265 |     |       |      |      |  |          OpenBSD 5.1                 |
266 |     |       |   Mac OS X  |  `--------.     |                       |
267 |     |       |     10.8    |           |     |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      *--NetBSD   |     |                       |
269 |     |       |      |      |    6.0    |     |                       |
270 |     |       |      |      |    | |    | OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
271 |  FreeBSD    |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
272 |    9.1      |      |      |    | |   5.2    |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.1   |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      |    | |    |     |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      |    | | NetBSD   |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      |    | |  5.2.2   |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      |    | |          |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      |    |  \         |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
282 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.1   |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      |    |      | OpenBSD 5.3         DragonFly 3.4.1
284 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.2   |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.3   |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.4   |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.5   |                       |
295 |     |       |      |      |    |      |     |                       |
296 |     |       |      |      |    |   NetBSD   |                       |
297 |     |       |      |      |    |    6.0.6   |                       |
298 |     |       |      |      |    |            |                       |
299 |     |       |      |      |    *--NetBSD    |                       |
300 |     |       |      |      |         6.1     |                       |
301 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
302 |     |      8.4     |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
303 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.1    |                       |
304 |     |              |      |          |      |                       |
305 |  FreeBSD           |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
306 |    9.2             |      |        6.1.2    |                       |
307 |     |           Mac OS X  |          |      |                       |
308 |     |             10.9    |          |  OpenBSD 5.4                 |
309 |     `-----.        |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.0
310 |            \       |      |          |      |                       |
311 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
312 |   10.0      |      |      |        6.1.3    |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
314 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.1
315 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
317 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.2
318 |     |       |      |      |       NetBSD    |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |        6.1.4    |                       |
320 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
321 |     |       |      |      |          |  OpenBSD 5.5                 |
322 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
323 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.0
324 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
325 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
326 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.8.1
327 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
328 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
329 |     |       |      |      |          |      |               DragonFly 3.6.3
330 |     |       |      |      |          |      |                       |
331 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |          |      |                       |
332 |     |      9.3     |      |          |      |                       |
333 |     |              |      |       NetBSD    |               DragonFly 3.8.2
334 |     |              |      |        6.1.5    |                       |
335 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
336 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
337 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.6                 |
338 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
339 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
340 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
341 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
342 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
343 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
344 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
345 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
346 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
347 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
348 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
349 |     |              |      |             OpenBSD 5.7                 |
350 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
351 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
352 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
353 |     |            macOS    *--NetBSD 7.0     |                       |
354 |     |            10.11    |   | |       OpenBSD 5.8                 |
355 |     |              |      |   | `--.        |               DragonFly 4.4.1
356 |  FreeBSD           |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 5.9                 |
357 |   10.3             |      |   |    |        |                       |
358 |     |              |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
359 |     |              |      |   |  7.0.1      |                       |
360 |     `------.       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.6.0
361 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
362 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
363 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.0                 |
364 |   11.0     |     10.12    |   | NetBSD      |                       |
365 |     |      |       |      |   |  7.0.2      |                       |
366 |     |      |       |      |   |             |                       |
367 |     |      |       |      |   *--NetBSD     |                       |
368 |     |      |       |      |   |   7.1       |                       |
369 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
370 |     |      |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
371 |     |      |     macOS    |   |    |        |               DragonFly 4.8.0
372 |     |      |     10.13    |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.1                 |
373 |  FreeBSD   |       |      |   |    |        |               DragonFly 5.0.0
374 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |      |   |    |        |                       |
375 |     |    10.4      |      |   |    |    OpenBSD 6.2          DragonFly 5.0.1
376 |     |              |      |   |    |        |                       |
377 |     `------.       |      |   | NetBSD      |               DragonFly 5.0.2
378 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.1      |                       |
379 |            |       |      |   |    |        |                       |
380 |            |       |      |   | NetBSD      |                       |
381 |            |       |      |   |  7.1.2      `--.                    |
382 |            |       |      |   |                |                    |
383 |            |       |      |   `-----.      OpenBSD 6.3              |
384 |            |       |      *--NetBSD |          |             DragonFly 5.2.0
385 |            |       |      |   8.0   |          |                    |
386 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.1
387 |            |       |      |   |     |          |                    |
388 |            |       |      |   |     |          |            DragonFly 5.2.2
389 |         FreeBSD    |      |   |     *--NetBSD  |                    |
390 |           11.2     |      |   |         7.2    |                    |
391 |                  macOS    |   |         |      |                    |
392 |                  10.14    |   |         |  OpenBSD 6.4              |
393 |                    |      |   |         |      |                    |
394 |                    |      |   |         |      |            DragonFly 5.4.0
395 *--FreeBSD           |      |   |         v      |                    |
396 |   12.0             |      |   |                |            DragonFly 5.4.1
397 |                    |      |   |            OpenBSD 6.5              |
398 |                    |      |   |                |                    |
399 |                    |      |  NetBSD            |                    |
400 |                    |      |   8.1              |            DragonFly 5.6
401 |                    |      |                    |                    |
402FreeBSD 13 -current   |  NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current   DragonFly -current
403 |                    |      |                    |                    |
404 v                    v      v                    v                    v
405
406Time
407----------------
408
409Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
410was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
411
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419[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
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421	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
422[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
423	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
424[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
425	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
426	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
427[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
428[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
429[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
430[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
431[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
432[USE] Usenet announcement.
433[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
434[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
435
436Multics                 1965
437UNIX                    Summer 1969
438				DEC PDP-7
439First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
440				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
441Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
442				10 UNIX installations
443Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
444				Pipes, 16 installations
445Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
446				rewriting in C effected,
447                                above 30 installations
448Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
449				above 50 installations
450Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
451				port to DEC Vax
452Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
453				first portable UNIX
454Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
455				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
456				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
457				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
458			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
459			and networking part by the streams mechanism
460
461Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
462Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
463
4641BSD                    late 1977
465			1978-03-09 [QCU]
466				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
467				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
468				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4692BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
470				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4712.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4722.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
473
4742.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
475				set of performance improvements
4762.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4772.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4782.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4792.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4802.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4812.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4822.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
483
48432V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4853BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
486				virtual memory, page replacement,
487                        	demand paging
4884.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4894.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4904.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
491				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4924.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4934.1cBSD                 late 1982
494				beta release, IPC [44B]
4954.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
496                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4974.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
498			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4994.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
5004.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
501                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
5024.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
5034.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
504
505BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
506				first code released to people outside BSDI
507386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
508BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
509BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
510386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
5114.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
512BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
513				first external gamma; G customers
514BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
515				would have been 1.0 except for request
516				for preliminary injunction
517BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
518				injunction denied; first official release
519NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
5204.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
521NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
522FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
523FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
524				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
525BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
5264.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
527FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
528FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
529FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
530				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
531NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
532386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
533FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
534BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
535FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
536BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
5374.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
538				the true final distribution from the CSRG
539FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
540NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
541BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
542FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
543NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
544OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
545FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
546FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
547Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
548FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
549BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
550FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
551FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
552FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
553NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
554OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
555FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
556OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
557NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
558FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
559NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
560BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
561OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
562NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
563FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
564BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
565				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
566FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
567				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
568				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
569				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
570FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
571OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
572NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
573FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
574BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
575NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
576FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
577OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
578NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
579FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
580OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
581FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
582BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
583FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
584NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
585OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
586FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
587FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
588FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
589FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
590FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
591NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
592BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
593OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
594NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
595Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
596FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
597OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
598NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
599NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
600FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
601Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
602OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
603FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
604BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
605OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
606FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
607NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
608FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
609Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
610NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
611FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
612OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
613FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
614				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
615				-current, similar to 3.0.
616FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
617NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
618OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
619BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
620FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
621Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
622FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
623BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
624OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
625FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
626FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
627NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
628OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
629FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
630DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
631OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
632FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
633NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
634FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
635DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
636NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
637Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
638FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
639OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
640NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
641OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
642FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
643NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
644NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
645DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
646FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
647OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
648FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
649FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
650NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
651DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
652OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
653NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
654NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
655FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
656DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
657OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
658DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
659Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
660OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
661NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
662FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
663DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
664FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
665OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
666DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
667OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
668FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
669FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
670DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
671NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
672OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
673FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
674Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
675NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
676DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
677OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
678FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
679NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
680FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
681DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
682OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
683FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
684DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
685OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
686NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
687FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
688FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
689DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
690OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
691Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
692OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
693FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
694NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
695DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
696FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
697OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
698Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
699NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
700OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
701DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
702NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
703NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
704FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
705DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
706OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
707NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
708NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
709FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
710NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
711NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
712NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
713FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
714NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
715NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
716Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
717OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
718DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
719FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
720NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
721NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
722NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
723NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
724DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
725DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
726NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
727NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
728OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
729DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
730DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
731DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
732FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
733DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
734NetBSD 6.0.6		2014-09-22 [NBD]
735NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
736Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
737OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
738FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
739DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
740DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
741DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
742DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
743DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
744OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
745DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
746FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
747NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
748OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
749OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
750DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
751OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
752FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
753NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
754DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
755OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
756macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
757FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
758NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
759NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
760DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
761OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
762FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
763macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
764FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
765OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
766DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
767DragonFly 5.0.1		2017-11-06 [DFB]
768DragonFly 5.0.2		2017-12-04 [DFB]
769NetBSD 7.1.1		2017-12-22 [NBD]
770NetBSD 7.1.2		2018-03-15 [NBD]
771OpenBSD 6.3		2018-04-02 [OBD]
772DragonFly 5.2.0		2018-04-10 [DFB]
773DragonFly 5.2.1		2018-05-20 [DFB]
774DragonFly 5.2.2		2018-06-18 [DFB]
775FreeBSD 11.2		2018-06-27 [FBD]
776NetBSD 8.0		2018-07-17 [NBD]
777NetBSD 7.2		2018-08-29 [NBD]
778macOS 10.14		2018-09-24 [APL]
779OpenBSD 6.4		2018-10-18 [OBD]
780DragonFly 5.4.0		2018-12-03 [DFB]
781FreeBSD 12.0		2018-12-11 [FBD]
782DragonFly 5.4.1		2018-12-24 [DFB]
783OpenBSD 6.5		2019-05-01 [OBD]
784NetBSD 8.1		2019-06-04 [NBD]
785DragonFly 5.6		2019-06-17 [DFB]
786
787Bibliography
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829
830UNIX history
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836
837
838Acknowledgments
839---------------
840
841Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
842original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
843
844Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
845
846--
847Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
848URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
849
850$FreeBSD: head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree 349177 2019-06-18 21:02:40Z sevan $
851$NetBSD: bsd-family-tree,v 1.74 2019/06/18 21:07:21 sevan Exp $
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