bsd-family-tree revision 1.55
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 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
260 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
261 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
262 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
264 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
265 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
266 |             |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
267 |             |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
268 |             |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
269 |             |      |      | | |             |                       |
270 |             |      |      | |  \            |                       |
271 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
272 |             |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
273 |             |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
274 |             |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |             |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |             |      |      | |      |        |                       |
277 |             |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.3 |                       |
278 |             |      |      | |      |        |                       |
279 |             |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.4 |                       |
280 |             |      |      | |      |        |                       |
281 |             |      |      | |  NetBSD 6.0.5 |                       |
282 |             |      |      | |               |                       |
283 |             |      |      |  `-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
284 |          FreeBSD   |      |     |           |                       |
285 |            8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
286 |                    |      |     |           |                       |
287 |                    |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
288 |                    |      |     |           |                       |
289 |                    |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
290 |                    |      |     |           |                       |
291 |                    |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
292 |                    |      |                 |                       |
293FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
294 |                    |      |                 |                       |
295 v                    v      v                 v                       v
296
297Time
298----------------
299
300Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
301was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
302
303[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
304	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
305	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
306[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
307[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
308[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
309[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
310[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
311[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
312	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
313[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
314	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
315[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
316	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
317	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
318[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
319[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
320[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
321[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
322[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
323[USE] Usenet announcement.
324[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
325[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
326
327Multics                 1965
328UNIX                    Summer 1969
329				DEC PDP-7
330First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
331				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
332Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
333				10 UNIX installations
334Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
335				Pipes, 16 installations
336Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
337				rewriting in C effected,
338                                above 30 installations
339Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
340				above 50 installations
341Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
342				port to DEC Vax
343Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
344				first portable UNIX
345Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
346				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
347				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
348				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
349			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
350			and networking part by the streams mechanism
351
352Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
353Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
354
3551BSD                    late 1977
356			1978-03-09 [QCU]
357				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
358				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
359				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3602BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
361				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3622.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3632.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
364
3652.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
366				set of performance improvements
3672.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3682.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3692.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3702.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3712.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3722.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3732.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
374
37532V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3763BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
377				virtual memory, page replacement,
378                        	demand paging
3794.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3804.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3814.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
382				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3834.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3844.1cBSD                 late 1982
385				beta release, IPC [44B]
3864.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
387                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3884.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
389			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3904.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3914.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
392                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3934.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3944.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
395
396BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
397				first code released to people outside BSDI
398386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
399BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
400BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
401386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4024.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
403BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
404				first external gamma; G customers
405BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
406				would have been 1.0 except for request
407				for preliminary injunction
408BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
409				injunction denied; first official release
410NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4114.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
412NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
413FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
414FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
415				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
416BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4174.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
418FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
419FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
420FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
421				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
422NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
423386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
424FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
425BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
426FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
427BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4284.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
429				the true final distribution from the CSRG
430FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
431NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
432BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
433FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
434NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
435OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
436FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
437FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
438Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
439FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
440BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
441FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
442FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
443FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
444NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
445OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
446FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
447OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
448NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
449FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
450NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
451BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
452OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
453NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
454FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
455BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
456				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
457FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
458				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
459				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
460				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
461FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
462OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
463NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
464FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
465BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
466NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
467FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
468OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
469NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
470FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
471OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
472FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
473BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
474FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
475NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
476OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
477FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
478FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
479FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
480FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
481FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
482NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
483BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
484OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
485NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
486Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
487FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
488OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
489NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
490NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
491FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
492Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
493OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
494FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
495BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
496OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
497FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
498NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
499FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
500Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
501NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
502FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
503OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
504FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
505				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
506				-current, similar to 3.0.
507FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
508NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
509OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
510BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
511FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
512Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
513FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
514BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
515OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
516FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
517FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
518NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
519OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
520FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
521DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
522OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
523FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
524NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
525FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
526DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
527NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
528Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
529FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
530OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
531NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
532OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
533FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
534NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
535NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
536DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
537OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
538FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
539FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
540NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
541DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
542OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
543NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
544NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
545FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
546DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
547OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
548DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
549Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
550OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
551NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
552FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
553DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
554FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
555OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
556DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
557OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
558FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
559FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
560DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
561NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
562OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
563FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
564Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
565NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
566DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
567OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
568FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
569NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
570FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
571DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
572OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
573FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
574DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
575OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
576NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
577FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
578FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
579DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
580OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
581Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
582OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
583FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
584NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
585DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
586FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
587OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
588Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
589NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
590OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
591DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
592NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
593NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
594FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
595DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
596OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
597NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
598NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
599FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
600NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
601NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
602NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
603NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
604NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
605NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
606NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
607NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NBD]
608NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NBD]
609
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645
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648
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651
652James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
653URL: http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200104/bsd_family.html
654("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
655
656
657Acknowledgments
658---------------
659
660Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
661original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
662
663Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
664
665--
666Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
667URL: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
668
669$FreeBSD$
670