bsd-family-tree revision 1.50
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 |                    |      |                 |                       |
272 |                    |      |                 |                       |
273 |                    |      |                 |                       |
274FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
275 |                    |      |                 |                       |
276 v                    v      v                 v                       v
277
278Time
279----------------
280
281Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
282was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
283
284[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
285	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
286	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
287[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
288[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
289[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
290[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
291[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
292[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
293	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
294[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
295	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
296[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
297	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
298	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
299[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
300[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
301[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
302[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
303[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
304[USE] Usenet announcement.
305[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
306[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
307
308Multics                 1965
309UNIX                    Summer 1969
310				DEC PDP-7
311First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
312				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
313Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
314				10 UNIX installations
315Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
316				Pipes, 16 installations
317Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
318				rewriting in C effected,
319                                above 30 installations
320Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
321				above 50 installations
322Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
323				port to DEC Vax
324Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
325				first portable UNIX
326Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
327				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
328				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
329				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
330			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
331			and networking part by the streams mechanism
332
333Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
334Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
335
3361BSD                    late 1977
337			1978-03-09 [QCU]
338				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
339				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
340				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3412BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
342				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3432.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3442.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
345
3462.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
347				set of performance improvements
3482.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3492.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3502.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3512.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3522.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3532.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3542.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
355
35632V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3573BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
358				virtual memory, page replacement,
359                        	demand paging
3604.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3614.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3624.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
363				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3644.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3654.1cBSD                 late 1982
366				beta release, IPC [44B]
3674.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
368                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3694.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
370			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3714.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3724.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
373                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3744.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3754.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
376
377BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
378				first code released to people outside BSDI
379386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
380BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
381BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
382386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3834.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
384BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
385				first external gamma; G customers
386BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
387				would have been 1.0 except for request
388				for preliminary injunction
389BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
390				injunction denied; first official release
391NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
3924.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
393NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
394FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
395FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
396				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
397BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
3984.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
399FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
400FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
401FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
402				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
403NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
404386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
405FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
406BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
407FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
408BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4094.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
410				the true final distribution from the CSRG
411FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
412NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
413BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
414FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
415NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
416OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
417FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
418FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
419Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
420FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
421BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
422FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
423FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
424FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
425NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
426OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
427FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
428OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
429NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
430FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
431NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
432BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
433OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
434NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
435FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
436BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
437				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
438FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
439				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
440				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
441				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
442FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
443OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
444NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
445FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
446BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
447NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
448FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
449OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
450NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
451FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
452OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
453FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
454BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
455FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
456NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
457OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
458FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
459FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
460FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
461FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
462FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
463NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
464BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
465OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
466NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
467Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
468FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
469OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
470NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
471NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
472FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
473Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
474OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
475FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
476BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
477OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
478FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
479NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
480FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
481Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
482NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
483FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
484OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
485FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
486				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
487				-current, similar to 3.0.
488FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
489NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
490OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
491BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
492FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
493Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
494FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
495BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
496OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
497FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
498FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
499NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
500OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
501FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
502DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
503OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
504FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
505NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
506FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
507DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
508NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
509Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
510FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
511OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
512NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
513OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
514FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
515NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
516NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
517DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
518OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
519FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
520FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
521NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
522DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
523OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
524NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
525NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
526FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
527DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
528OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
529DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
530Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
531OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
532NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
533FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
534DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
535FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
536OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
537DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
538OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
539FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
540FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
541DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
542NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
543OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
544FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
545Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
546NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
547DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
548OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
549FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
550NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
551FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
552DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
553OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
554FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
555DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
556OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
557NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
558FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
559FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
560DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
561OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
562Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
563OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
564FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
565NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
566DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
567FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
568OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
569Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
570NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
571OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
572DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
573NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
574NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
575FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
576DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
577OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
578NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
579NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
580
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613
614BSD Hypertext Man Pages
615URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi
616
617UNIX history graphing project
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619
620UNIX history
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622
623James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
624URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
625("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
626
627
628Acknowledgments
629---------------
630
631Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
632original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
633
634Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
635
636--
637Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
638URL: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
639
640$FreeBSD$
641