bsd-family-tree revision 1.62
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 5.0       OpenBSD 4.5                 |
233 |             \      |      | |    \          |                       |
234 |              |  Mac OS X  | |     \         |                       |
235 |              |    10.6    | |      \        |                       |
236 |              |     |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 2.4.0
237 |              |     |      | |    5.0.1  OpenBSD 4.6                 |
238 |              |     |      | |       |       |                       |
239 *--FreeBSD     |     |      | |       |       |                       |
240 |    8.0       |     |      | |       |       |                       |
241 |     |     FreeBSD  |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
242 |     |       7.3    |      | |    5.0.2      |               DragonFly 2.6.0
243 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.7                 |
244 |  FreeBSD     |     |      | |               |                       |
245 |    8.1       |     |      | |               |                       |
246 |     |        |     |      | |               |               DragonFly 2.8.2
247 |     |        |     |      | |           OpenBSD 4.8                 |
248 |     |        |     |      | *--NetBSD       |                       |
249 |  FreeBSD  FreeBSD  |      | |    5.1        |                       |
250 |    8.2      7.4    |      | |      |        |               DragonFly 2.10.1
251 |     |              |      | |      |    OpenBSD 4.9                 |
252 |     `-----.     Mac OS X  | |      |        |                       |
253 |            \      10.7    | |      |        |                       |
254 |             |      |      | |      |    OpenBSD 5.0                 |
255 *--FreeBSD    |      |      | |      |        |                       |
256 |    9.0      |      |      | |   NetBSD      |               DragonFly 3.0.1
257 |     |    FreeBSD   |      | |    5.1.2      |                       |
258 |     |      8.3     |      | |      |        |                       |
259 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
260 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.3      |                       |
261 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
262 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
263 |     |       |      |      | |    5.1.4      |                       |
264 |     |       |      |      | |           OpenBSD 5.1                 |
265 |     |       |   Mac OS X  | `----.          |                       |
266 |     |       |     10.8    |       \         |                       |
267 |     |       |      |   NetBSD 6.0  |        |                       |
268 |     |       |      |      | | |    |    OpenBSD 5.2         DragonFly 3.2.1
269 |  FreeBSD    |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
270 |    9.1      |      |      | | |   5.2       |                       |
271 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
272 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
273 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.1      |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | | |    |        |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | | | NetBSD      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | | |  5.2.2      |                       |
277 |     |       |      |      | | |             |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |  \            |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.1      |                       |
281 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
282 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
283 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
284 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
285 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
286 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
287 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
288 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
289 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.4      |                       |
290 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
291 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
292 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.5      |                       |
293 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
294 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
295 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
296 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
297 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
298 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
299 |    9.2          Mac OS X  |       |         |                       |
300 |     |             10.9    |       |    OpenBSD 5.4                  |
301 |     `-----.        |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.0
302 |            \       |      |       |         |                       |
303 *--FreeBSD    |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.3 |                       |
304 |   10.0      |      |      |       |         |                       |
305 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.1
306 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
307 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
308 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.2
309 |     |       |      |      |    NetBSD 6.1.4 |                       |
310 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
311 |     |       |      |      |       |    OpenBSD 5.5                  |
312 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
313 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.0
314 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
315 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
316 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.8.1
317 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
318 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
319 |     |       |      |      |       |         |               DragonFly 3.6.3
320 |     |       |      |      |       |         |                       |
321 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
322 |     |      9.3     |      |       |         |                       |
323 |     |              |      |    NetBSD 6.1.5 |               DragonFly 3.8.2
324 |     |           Mac OS X  |                 |                       |
325 |     |             10.10   |                 |                       |
326 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.6                  |
327 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
328 |   10.1             |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.1
329 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
330 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.2
331 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
332 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.3
333 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
334 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.4
335 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
336 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.0.5
337 |     |              |      |                 |                       |
338 |     |              |      |            OpenBSD 5.7                  |
339 |     |              |      |                 |               DragonFly 4.2.0
340 |  FreeBSD           |      |                 |                       |
341 |   10.2             |      |                 |                       |
342 |     |            macOS  NetBSD 7.0          |                       |
343 |     |            10.11   | | |         OpenBSD 5.8                  |
344 |     |              |     | | `--.           |               DragonFly 4.4.1
345 |  FreeBSD           |     | |    |      OpenBSD 5.9                  |
346 |   10.3             |     | |    |           |                       |
347 |     |              |     | | NetBSD 7.0.1   |                       |
348 |     `------.       |     | |    |           |               DragonFly 4.6.0
349 |            |       |     | |    |           |                       |
350 |            |       |     | |    |           |                       |
351 *--FreeBSD   |     macOS   | |    |      OpenBSD 6.0                  |
352 |   11.0     |     10.12   | | NetBSD 7.0.2   |                       |
353 |     |      |       |     | |                |                       |
354 |     |      |       |     | *- NetBSD 7.1    |                       |
355 |     |      |     macOS   |                  |               DragonFly 4.8.0
356 |     |      |     10.13   |             OpenBSD 6.1                  |
357 |  FreeBSD   |       |     |                  |                       |
358 |   11.1  FreeBSD    |     |                  |                       |
359 |     |    10.4      |     |             OpenBSD 6.2                  |
360 |     v              |     |                  |               DragonFly 5.0.0
361 |                    |     |                  |                       |
362FreeBSD 12 -current   | NetBSD -current   OpenBSD -current    DragonFly -current
363 |                    |     |                  |                       |
364 v                    v     v                  v                       v
365
366Time
367----------------
368
369Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
370was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
371
372[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
373	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
374	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
375[APL] Apple website [https://www.apple.com/macosx/]
376[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
377[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
378[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
379[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
380[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
381	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
382[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
383	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
384[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
385	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
386	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
387[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
388[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
389[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
390[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
391[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
392[USE] Usenet announcement.
393[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
394[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
395
396Multics                 1965
397UNIX                    Summer 1969
398				DEC PDP-7
399First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
400				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
401Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
402				10 UNIX installations
403Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
404				Pipes, 16 installations
405Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
406				rewriting in C effected,
407                                above 30 installations
408Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
409				above 50 installations
410Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
411				port to DEC Vax
412Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU] 1979-01-10 [TUHS]
413				first portable UNIX
414Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
415				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
416				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
417				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
418			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
419			and networking part by the streams mechanism
420
421Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
422Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
423
4241BSD                    late 1977
425			1978-03-09 [QCU]
426				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
427				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
428				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
4292BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
430				75 2BSD tapes shipped
4312.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
4322.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
433
4342.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
435				set of performance improvements
4362.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
4372.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
4382.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
4392.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
4402.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
4412.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
4422.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
443
44432V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU] 1979-03-26 [TUHS]
4453BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
446				virtual memory, page replacement,
447                        	demand paging
4484.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
4494.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
4504.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
451				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
4524.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
4534.1cBSD                 late 1982
454				beta release, IPC [44B]
4554.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
456                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
4574.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
458			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
4594.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
4604.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
461                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
4624.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
4634.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
464
465BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
466				first code released to people outside BSDI
467386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
468BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
469BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
470386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
4714.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
472BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
473				first external gamma; G customers
474BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
475				would have been 1.0 except for request
476				for preliminary injunction
477BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
478				injunction denied; first official release
479NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4804.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
481NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
482FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
483FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
484				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
485BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4864.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
487FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
488FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
489FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
490				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
491NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
492386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
493FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
494BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
495FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
496BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4974.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
498				the true final distribution from the CSRG
499FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
500NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
501BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
502FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
503NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
504OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
505FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
506FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
507Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
508FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
509BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
510FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
511FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
512FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
513NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
514OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
515FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
516OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
517NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
518FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
519NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
520BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
521OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
522NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
523FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
524BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
525				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
526FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
527				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
528				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
529				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
530FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
531OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
532NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
533FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
534BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
535NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
536FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
537OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
538NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
539FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
540OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
541FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
542BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
543FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
544NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
545OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
546FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
547FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
548FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
549FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
550FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
551NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
552BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
553OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
554NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
555Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
556FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
557OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
558NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
559NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
560FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
561Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
562OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
563FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
564BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
565OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
566FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
567NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
568FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
569Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
570NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
571FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
572OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
573FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
574				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
575				-current, similar to 3.0.
576FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
577NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
578OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
579BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
580FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
581Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
582FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
583BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
584OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
585FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
586FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
587NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
588OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
589FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
590DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
591OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
592FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
593NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
594FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
595DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
596NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
597Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
598FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
599OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
600NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
601OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
602FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
603NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
604NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
605DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
606FreeBSD 2.2.9		2006-04-01 [FBD]
607OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
608FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
609FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
610NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
611DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
612OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
613NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
614NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
615FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
616DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
617OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
618DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
619Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
620OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
621NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
622FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
623DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
624FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
625OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
626DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
627OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
628FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
629FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
630DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
631NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
632OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
633FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
634Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
635NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
636DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
637OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
638FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
639NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
640FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
641DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
642OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
643FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
644DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
645OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
646NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
647FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
648FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
649DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
650OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
651Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
652OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
653FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
654NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
655DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
656FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
657OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
658Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
659NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
660OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
661DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
662NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
663NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
664FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
665DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
666OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
667NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
668NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
669FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
670NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
671NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
672NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
673FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
674NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
675NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
676Mac OS X 10.9		2013-10-22 [APL]
677OpenBSD 5.4		2013-11-01 [OBD]
678DragonFly 3.6.0 	2013-11-25 [DFB]
679FreeBSD 10.0		2014-01-20 [FBD]
680NetBSD 5.1.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
681NetBSD 5.2.2		2014-01-25 [NBD]
682NetBSD 6.0.4		2014-01-25 [NBD]
683NetBSD 6.1.3		2014-01-25 [NBD]
684DragonFly 3.6.1 	2014-02-22 [DFB]
685DragonFly 3.6.2		2014-04-10 [DFB]
686NetBSD 6.0.5		2014-04-12 [NDB]
687NetBSD 6.1.4		2014-04-12 [NDB]
688OpenBSD 5.5		2014-05-01 [OBD]
689DragonFly 3.8.0		2014-06-04 [DFB]
690DragonFly 3.8.1		2014-06-16 [DFB]
691DragonFly 3.6.3		2014-06-17 [DFB]
692FreeBSD 9.3		2014-07-05 [FBD]
693DragonFly 3.8.2		2014-08-08 [DFB]
694NetBSD 6.1.5		2014-09-22 [NBD]
695Mac OS X 10.10		2014-10-16 [APL]
696OpenBSD 5.6		2014-11-01 [OBD]
697FreeBSD 10.1		2014-11-14 [FBD]
698DragonFly 4.0.1		2014-11-25 [DFB]
699DragonFly 4.0.2		2015-01-07 [DFB]
700DragonFly 4.0.3		2015-01-21 [DFB]
701DragonFly 4.0.4		2015-03-09 [DFB]
702DragonFly 4.0.5		2015-03-23 [DFB]
703OpenBSD 5.7		2015-05-01 [OBD]
704DragonFly 4.2.0		2015-06-29 [DFB]
705FreeBSD 10.2            2015-08-13 [FBD]
706NetBSD 7.0		2015-09-25 [NBD]
707OS X 10.11		2015-09-30 [APL]
708OpenBSD 5.8		2015-10-18 [OBD]
709DragonFly 4.4.1		2015-12-07 [DFB]
710OpenBSD 5.9		2016-03-29 [OBD]
711FreeBSD 10.3		2016-04-04 [FBD]
712NetBSD 7.0.1		2016-05-22 [NBD]
713DragonFly 4.6.0		2016-08-02 [DFB]
714OpenBSD 6.0		2016-09-01 [OBD]
715macOS 10.12		2016-09-20 [APL]
716NetBSD 7.0.2		2016-10-21 [NBD]
717FreeBSD 11.0		2016-10-10 [FBD]
718NetBSD 7.1		2017-03-11 [NBD]
719DragonFly 4.8.0		2017-03-27 [DFB]
720OpenBSD 6.1		2017-04-11 [OBD]
721FreeBSD 11.1		2017-07-26 [FBD]
722macOS 10.13		2017-09-25 [APL]
723FreeBSD 10.4		2017-10-03 [FBD]
724OpenBSD 6.2		2017-10-09 [OBD]
725DragonFly 5.0.0		2017-10-16 [DFB]
726
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769
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776
777
778Acknowledgments
779---------------
780
781Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
782original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
783
784Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
785
786--
787Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
788URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
789
790$FreeBSD: head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree 326724 2017-12-09 05:05:25Z imp $
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792