bsd-family-tree revision 256368
194742SobrienThe UNIX system family tree: Research and BSD
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696991SrwatsonSecond Edition (V2)
796991Srwatson     |
896991SrwatsonThird Edition (V3)
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10102773SrwatsonFourth Edition (V4)
1194854Ssos     |
1294917SimpFifth Edition (V5)
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1494917SimpSixth Edition (V6) -----*
1594917Simp       \                |
1694917Simp        \               |
17117751Smarkm         \              |
18117751SmarkmSeventh Edition (V7)    |
19116149Smarkm            \           |
20116149Smarkm             \        1BSD
21125244Snectar             32V        |
22125244Snectar               \      2BSD---------------*
2394847Sjhb                \    /                   |
2494847Sjhb                 \  /                    |
2594847Sjhb                  \/                     |
26126337Svkashyap                 3BSD                    |
27128023Svkashyap                  |                      |
2894855Sscottl               4.0BSD                2.79BSD
29126054Sscottl                  |                      |
30126054Sscottl               4.1BSD --------------> 2.8BSD
31126054Sscottl                  |                      |
32126054Sscottl              4.1aBSD -----------\       |
33126054Sscottl                  |                \     |
34126054Sscottl              4.1bBSD                \   |
3594915Sken                  |                    \ |
3699607Smjacob      *------ 4.1cBSD --------------> 2.9BSD
3794915Sken     /            |                      |
3894915SkenEighth Edition    |                   2.9BSD-Seismo
3994915Sken     |            |                      |
4094915Sken     +----<--- 4.2BSD               2.9.1BSD
4194915Sken     |            |                      |
4294915Sken     +----<--- 4.3BSD -------------> 2.10BSD
4394915Sken     |            |               /      |
4494915SkenNinth Edition     |              / 2.10.1BSD
4599607Smjacob     |         4.3BSD Tahoe-----+        |
46106734Smjacob     |            |              \       |
47128435Stackerman     |            |                \     |
4897611Sbillf     v            |                  2.11BSD
4994918SgshapiroTenth Edition     |                      |
5094918Sgshapiro                  |                  2.11BSD rev #430
5194918Sgshapiro               4.3BSD NET/1              |
5294918Sgshapiro                  |                      v
5394918Sgshapiro               4.3BSD Reno
54118316Smbr                  |
5594955Smurray   *---------- 4.3BSD NET/2 -------------------+-------------*
5695054Snectar   |                    |                      |             |
57125080Scperciva386BSD 0.0              |                      |           BSD/386 ALPHA
58106187Sdes   |                    |                      |             |
59106187Sdes386BSD 0.1 ------------>+                      |           BSD/386 0.3.[13]
6095455Sdes   |     \              |                  4.4BSD Alpha      |
6198750Sdes   |     386BSD 1.0     |                      |           BSD/386 0.9.[34]
6299606Sdes   |                    |                  4.4BSD            |
6399606Sdes   |                    |                    / |             |
6499606Sdes   |                    |   4.4BSD-Encumbered  |             |
6596268Sgad   |                -NetBSD 0.8                |           BSD/386 1.0
6696268Sgad   |               /    |                      |             |
67116233SgadFreeBSD 1.0 <-----'  NetBSD 0.9                |           BSD/386 1.1
68139390Sgad   |                    |           .----- 4.4BSD Lite       |
69139390SgadFreeBSD 1.1             |          /   /       |     \       |
70139390Sgad   |                    |         /   /        |      \      |
7196332SpeterFreeBSD 1.1.5       .---|--------'   /         |       \     |
7296332Speter   |               /    |           /          |        \    |
7396332SpeterFreeBSD 1.1.5.1   /     |          /           |         \   |
7496332Speter   |             /   NetBSD 1.0 <-'            |          \  |
7596332Speter   |            /       |                      |           \ |
76100314SruFreeBSD 2.0 <--'        |                      |           BSD/OS 2.0
7796451Sru   |                     \                     |             |
7897611SbillfFreeBSD 2.0.5             \                    |           BSD/OS 2.0.1
7998333Sanholt   |                 .-----\------------- 4.4BSD Lite2       |
8098986Sjmallett   |                 |      \             |  |   |   |       |
81111061Sjmallett   |                 | .-----|------Rhapsody |   |   |       |
8299732Sjoerg   |                 | |     |        NetBSD 1.3 |   |       |
8399732Sjoerg   |                 | |     |           OpenBSD 2.3 |       |
84113692Snectar   |                 | |     |                BSD/OS 3.0     |
85113692SnectarFreeBSD 2.1          | |     |                               |
86115825Sfanf |   |               | |  NetBSD 1.1 ------.               BSD/OS 2.1
87126445Sobrien | FreeBSD 2.1.5     | |     |              \                |
88117645Sdwmalone |     |             | |  NetBSD 1.2         \             BSD/OS 3.0
89118204Sbp | FreeBSD 2.1.6     | |     |  \          OpenBSD 2.0       |
90118204Sbp |     |             | |     |   \             |             |
91118204Sbp | FreeBSD 2.1.6.1   | |     |    \            |             |
92118204Sbp |     |             | |     |     \           |             |
93127337Smlaier | FreeBSD 2.1.7     | |     |      |          |             |
94126445Sobrien |     |             | |     |  NetBSD 1.2.1   |             |
95133182Spjd | FreeBSD 2.1.7.1   | |     |                 |             |
96133182Spjd |                   | |     |                 |             |
97133182Spjd |                   | |     |                 |             |
98133182Spjd *-FreeBSD 2.2       | |     |                 |             |
99133182Spjd |        \          | |     |                 |             |
100133841Spjd |     FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |     |                 |             |
101143521Spjd |         |         | |     |                 |             |
102133182Spjd |     FreeBSD 2.2.2 | |     |             OpenBSD 2.1       |
103133182Spjd |         |         | |     |                 |             |
104132311Salfred |     FreeBSD 2.2.5 | |     |                 |             |
105132311Salfred |         |         | |     |             OpenBSD 2.2       |
106132311Salfred |         |         | |  NetBSD 1.3           |             |
107132268Salfred |     FreeBSD 2.2.6 | |     |    |            |             |
108146558Skrion |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.1    |           BSD/OS 3.1
109115822Sdougb |         |         | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.3       |
110115822Sdougb |         |         | |     | NetBSD 1.3.2    |             |
111115822Sdougb |     FreeBSD 2.2.7 | |     |    |            |             |
112115822Sdougb |         |         | |     |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.0
113115822Sdougb |         v         | |     |    |            |             |
114115822Sdougb |     FreeBSD 2.2.8 | |     |    |            |             |
115115822Sdougb |                   | |     |    |        OpenBSD 2.4       |
116115822SdougbFreeBSD 3.0 <--------* |     |    v            |             |
117115822Sdougb |                     |     | NetBSD 1.3.3    |             |
118115822Sdougb *---FreeBSD 3.1       |     |                 |             |
119115822Sdougb |       |             |     |                 |           BSD/OS 4.0.1
120115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 3.2----*  |  NetBSD 1.4       OpenBSD 2.5       |
121115822Sdougb |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
122115822Sdougb |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
123115822Sdougb |       |          |  |  |  |    |            |             |
124115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 3.3    |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.1    |             |
125115822Sdougb |       |          |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.6       |
126115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 3.4    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
127115822Sdougb |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.1
128115822SdougbFreeBSD 4.0  |      |  |  |  | NetBSD 1.4.2    |             |
129115822Sdougb |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
130115822Sdougb |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
131115895Sguido |   FreeBSD 3.5    |  |  |  |    |        OpenBSD 2.7       |
132115822Sdougb |           |      |  |  |  |    |            |             |
133115895Sguido |   FreeBSD 3.5.1  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
134115895Sguido |                  |  |  |  |    |            |             |
135115895Sguido *---FreeBSD 4.1    |  |  |  |    |            |             |
136115822Sdougb |      |           |  | (?) |    |            |             |
137115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.1.1  |  |  /  |    |            |             |
138115822Sdougb |      |           |  | /   |    |            |             |
139115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.2   Darwin/   | NetBSD 1.4.3    |             |
140115822Sdougb |      |         Mac OS X   |             OpenBSD 2.8     BSD/OS 4.2
141115822Sdougb |      |             |      |                 |             |
142115822Sdougb |      |             |      |                 |             |
143115822Sdougb |      |           10.0  NetBSD 1.5           |             |
144115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.3      |      |    |            |             |
145115822Sdougb |      |             |      |    |        OpenBSD 2.9       |
146115822Sdougb |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.5.1    |             |
147115822Sdougb |      |             |      |    |            |             |
148115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.4-.    |      | NetBSD 1.5.2    |             |
149115822Sdougb |      |        | Mac OS X  |    |            |             |
150115822Sdougb |      |        |   10.1    |    |        OpenBSD 3.0       |
151115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.5 |    |      |    |            |             |
152115822Sdougb |      |         \   |      |    |            |           BSD/OS 4.3
153115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.6   \  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.1       |
154115822Sdougb |      |           \ |      | NetBSD 1.5.3    |             |
155115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.6.2 Mac OS X  |                 |             |
156115822Sdougb |      |            10.2    |                 |             |
157115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.7      |      |                 |             |
158115822Sdougb |      |             |   NetBSD 1.6       OpenBSD 3.2       |
159115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.8      |      |    |            |             |
160115822Sdougb |      |             |      | NetBSD 1.6.1    |             |
161115822Sdougb |      |--------.    |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.3     BSD/OS 5.0
162115822Sdougb |      |         \   |      |    |            |             |
163115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.9   |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.4     BSD/OS 5.1 ISE
164115822Sdougb |      |          |  |      |    |            |
165115822Sdougb |      |          |  |      | NetBSD 1.6.2    |
166115895Sguido |      |          |  |      |    |            |
167115895Sguido |      |          |  |      |    |        OpenBSD 3.5
168115895Sguido |      |          |  |      |    v            |
169115895Sguido |   FreeBSD 4.10  |  |      |                 |
170115822Sdougb |      |          |  |      |                 |
171115822Sdougb |   FreeBSD 4.11  |  |      |                 |
172115822Sdougb |                 |  |      |                 |
173115822Sdougb |                  `-|------|-----------------|---------------------.
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 |     |       |      |      | |      |        |                       |
274 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
275 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.2      |                       |
276 |     |       |      |      | |      |   OpenBSD 5.3          DragonFly 3.4.1
277 |     |       |      |      | |   NetBSD      |                       |
278 |     |       |      |      | |    6.0.3      |                       |
279 |     |       |      |      | |               |                       |
280 |     |       |      |      | |`-NetBSD 6.1   |                       |
281 |     |    FreeBSD   |      |       |         |                       |
282 |     |      8.4     |      |    NetBSD 6.1.1 |                       |
283 |     |              |      |       |         |                       |
284 |  FreeBSD           |      |    NetBSD 6.1.2 |                       |
285 |    9.2             |      |                 |                       |
286 |                    |      |                 |                       |
287 |                    |      |                 |                       |
288 |                    |      |                 |                       |
289 |                    |      |                 |                       |
290FreeBSD 10 -current   |  NetBSD -current  OpenBSD -current             |
291 |                    |      |                 |                       |
292 v                    v      v                 v                       v
293
294Time
295----------------
296
297Time tolerance +/- 6 months, depending on which book/article you read; if it
298was the announcement in Usenet or if it was available as tape.
299
300[44B] McKusick, Marshall Kirk, Keith Bostic, Michael J Karels,
301	and John Quarterman. The Design and Implementation of
302	the 4.4BSD Operating System.
303[APL] Apple website [http://www.apple.com/macosx/]
304[BSDI] Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
305[DFB] DragonFlyBSD Project, The.
306[DOC] README, COPYRIGHT on tape.
307[FBD] FreeBSD Project, The.
308[KB]  Keith Bostic. BSD2.10 available from Usenix. comp.unix.sources,
309	Volume 11, Info 4, April, 1987.
310[KKK] Mike Karels, Kirk McKusick, and Keith Bostic. tahoe announcement.
311	comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes, June 15, 1988.
312[KSJ] Michael J. Karels, Carl F. Smith, and William F. Jolitz.
313	Changes in the Kernel in 2.9BSD. Second Berkeley Software
314	Distribution UNIX Version 2.9, July, 1983.
315[NBD] NetBSD Project, The.
316[OBD] OpenBSD Project, The.
317[QCU] Salus, Peter H. A quarter century of UNIX.
318[SMS] Steven M. Schultz. 2.11BSD, UNIX for the PDP-11.
319[TUHS] The Unix Historical Society.  http://minnie.tuhs.org/Unix_History/.
320[USE] Usenet announcement.
321[WRS] Wind River Systems, Inc.
322[dmr] Dennis Ritchie, via E-Mail
323
324Multics                 1965
325UNIX                    Summer 1969
326				DEC PDP-7
327First   Edition         1971-11-03 [QCU]
328				DEC PDP-11/20, Assembler
329Second  Edition         1972-06-12 [QCU]
330				10 UNIX installations
331Third   Edition         1973-02-xx [QCU]
332				Pipes, 16 installations
333Fourth  Edition         1973-11-xx [QCU]
334				rewriting in C effected,
335                                above 30 installations
336Fifth   Edition         1974-06-xx [QCU]
337				above 50 installations
338Sixth   Edition         1975-05-xx [QCU]
339				port to DEC Vax
340Seventh Edition         1979-01-xx [QCU]
341				first portable UNIX
342Eighth  Edition         1985-02-xx [QCU]
343				VAX 11/750, VAX 11/780 [dmr]
344				descended from 4.1c BSD [dmr]
345				descended from 4.1 BSD [44B]
346			scooping-out and replacement of the character-device
347			and networking part by the streams mechanism
348
349Ninth   Edition         1986-09-xx [QCU]
350Tenth   Edition         1989-10-xx [QCU]
351
3521BSD                    late 1977
353			1978-03-09 [QCU]
354				PDP-11, Pascal, ex(1)
355				30 free copies of 1BSD sent out
356				35 tapes sold for 50 USD [QCU]
3572BSD                    mid 1978 [QCU] 1979-05-10 [TUHS]
358				75 2BSD tapes shipped
3592.79BSD			1980-04-xx [TUHS]
3602.8BSD			1981-07-xx [KSJ]
361
3622.8.1BSD		1982-01-xx [QCU]
363				set of performance improvements
3642.9BSD			1983-07-xx [KSJ]
3652.9.1BSD                1983-11-xx [TUHS]
3662.9BSD-Seismo		1985-08-xx [SMS]
3672.10BSD			1987-04-xx [KKK]
3682.10.1BSD		1989-01-xx [SMS]
3692.11BSD			1992-02-xx [SMS]
3702.11BSD rev #430	1999-12-13 [SMS]
371
37232V			1978-1[01]-xx [QCU]
3733BSD                    late 1979 [QCU] March 1980 [TUHS]
374				virtual memory, page replacement,
375                        	demand paging
3764.0BSD                  1980-10-xx
3774.1BSD                  1981-07-08 [DOC]
3784.1aBSD                 1982-04-xx
379				alpha release, 100 sites, networking [44B]
3804.1bBSD				internal release, fast filesystem [44B]
3814.1cBSD                 late 1982
382				beta release, IPC [44B]
3834.2BSD                  1983-09-xx [QCU]
384                        1983-08-03 [DOC]
3854.3BSD                  1986-06-xx [QCU]
386			1986-04-05 [KB], [DOC]
3874.3BSD Tahoe            1988-06-15 [QCU], [DOC]
3884.3BSD NET/1            1988-11-xx [QCU]
389                        1989-01-01 [DOC]
3904.3BSD Reno             1990-06-29 [QCU], [DOC]
3914.3BSD NET/2            1991-06-28 [QCU], [DOC]
392
393BSD/386 ALPHA		1991-12-xx [BSDI]
394				first code released to people outside BSDI
395386BSD 0.0              1992-02-xx [DOC]
396BSD/386 0.3.1	        1992-04-xx [BSDI] first ext. beta; B customers
397BSD/386 0.3.3		1992-06-xx [BSDI] first CDROM version
398386BSD 0.1              1992-07-28 [DOC]
3994.4BSD Alpha            1992-07-07
400BSD/386 0.9.3		1992-10-xx [BSDI]
401				first external gamma; G customers
402BSD/386 0.9.4		1992-12-xx [BSDI]
403				would have been 1.0 except for request
404				for preliminary injunction
405BSD/386 1.0 		1993-03-xx [BSDI]
406				injunction denied; first official release
407NetBSD 0.8              1993-04-20 [NBD]
4084.4BSD                  1993-06-01 [USE]
409NetBSD 0.9              1993-08-23 [NBD]
410FreeBSD 1.0		1993-11-01 [FBD]
411FreeBSD 1.0.2		1993-11-14 [FBD]
412				supersedes 1.0 13 days after release.
413BSD/386 1.1		1994-02-xx [BSDI]
4144.4BSD Lite             1994-03-01 [USE]
415FreeBSD 1.1		1994-05-07 [FBD]
416FreeBSD 1.1.5		1994-06-30 [FBD]
417FreeBSD 1.1.5.1		1994-07-05 [FBD]
418				supersedes 1.1.5 5 days after release.
419NetBSD 1.0              1994-10-26 [NBD]
420386BSD 1.0              1994-11-12 [USE]
421FreeBSD 2.0		1994-11-23 [FBD]
422BSD/OS 2.0		1995-01-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite based
423FreeBSD 2.0.5		1995-06-10 [FBD]
424BSD/OS 2.0.1		1995-06-xx [BSDI]
4254.4BSD Lite Release 2	1995-06-xx [44B]
426				the true final distribution from the CSRG
427FreeBSD 2.1.0		1995-11-19 [FBD]
428NetBSD 1.1              1995-11-26 [NBD]
429BSD/OS 2.1		1996-01-xx [BSDI]
430FreeBSD 2.1.5		1996-07-14 [FBD]
431NetBSD 1.2              1996-10-04 [NBD]
432OpenBSD 2.0             1996-10-18 [OBD]
433FreeBSD 2.1.6		1996-11-16 [FBD]
434FreeBSD 2.1.6.1		1996-11-25 [FBD] (sendmail security release)
435Rhapsody		1997-xx-xx
436FreeBSD 2.1.7		1997-02-20 [FBD]
437BSD/OS 3.0		1997-02-xx [BSDI] 4.4 lite2 based
438FreeBSD 2.2.0		1997-03-16 [FBD]
439FreeBSD 2.2.1		1997-03-25 [FBD]
440FreeBSD 2.2.2		1997-05-16 [FBD]
441NetBSD 1.2.1            1997-05-20 [NBD] (patch release)
442OpenBSD 2.1             1997-06-01 [OBD]
443FreeBSD 2.2.5		1997-10-22 [FBD]
444OpenBSD 2.2             1997-12-01 [OBD]
445NetBSD 1.3              1998-01-04 [NBD]
446FreeBSD 2.2.6		1998-03-25 [FBD]
447NetBSD 1.3.1            1998-03-09 [NBD] (patch release)
448BSD/OS 3.1		1998-03-xx [BSDI]
449OpenBSD 2.3             1998-05-19 [OBD]
450NetBSD 1.3.2            1998-05-29 [NBD] (patch release)
451FreeBSD 2.2.7		1998-07-22 [FBD]
452BSD/OS 4.0		1998-08-xx [BSDI]
453				2-lock MP support, ELF executables
454FreeBSD 3.0		1998-10-16 [FBD]
455				FreeBSD-3.0 is a snapshot from -current,
456				while 3.1 and 3.2 are from 3.x-stable which
457				was branched quite some time after 3.0-release
458FreeBSD 2.2.8           1998-11-29 [FBD]
459OpenBSD 2.4             1998-12-01 [OBD]
460NetBSD 1.3.3            1998-12-23 [NBD] (patch release)
461FreeBSD 3.1		1999-02-15 [FBD]
462BSD/OS 4.0.1		1999-03-xx [BSDI]
463NetBSD 1.4              1999-05-12 [NBD]
464FreeBSD 3.2             1999-05-17 [FBD]
465OpenBSD 2.5             1999-05-19 [OBD]
466NetBSD 1.4.1            1999-08-26 [NBD] (patch release)
467FreeBSD 3.3             1999-09-17 [FBD]
468OpenBSD 2.6             1999-12-01 [OBD]
469FreeBSD 3.4             1999-12-20 [FBD]
470BSD/OS 4.1		1999-12-xx [BSDI]
471FreeBSD 4.0             2000-03-13 [FBD]
472NetBSD 1.4.2            2000-03-19 [NBD] (patch release)
473OpenBSD 2.7             2000-06-15 [OBD]
474FreeBSD 3.5		2000-06-24 [FBD]
475FreeBSD 4.1		2000-07-27 [FBD]
476FreeBSD 3.5.1		2000-07-28 [FBD]
477FreeBSD 4.1.1		2000-09-25 [FBD] (a network-only patch release)
478FreeBSD 4.2  		2000-11-21 [FBD]
479NetBSD 1.4.3		2000-11-25 [NBD] (patch release)
480BSD/OS 4.2		2000-11-29 [BSDI]
481OpenBSD 2.8		2000-12-01 [OBD]
482NetBSD 1.5              2000-12-06 [NBD]
483Mac OS X 10.0           2001-03-24 [APL]
484FreeBSD 4.3  		2001-04-20 [FBD]
485OpenBSD 2.9  		2001-06-01 [OBD]
486NetBSD 1.5.1		2001-07-11 [NBD] (patch release)
487NetBSD 1.5.2		2001-09-13 [NBD] (patch release)
488FreeBSD 4.4  		2001-09-18 [FBD]
489Mac OS X 10.1		2001-09-29 [APL]
490OpenBSD 3.0		2001-12-01 [OBD]
491FreeBSD 4.5  		2002-01-29 [FBD]
492BSD/OS 4.3		2002-03-14 [WRS]
493OpenBSD 3.1		2002-05-19 [OBD]
494FreeBSD 4.6  		2002-06-15 [FBD]
495NetBSD 1.5.3		2002-07-22 [NBD] (patch release)
496FreeBSD 4.6.2		2002-08-15 [FBD] (patch release)
497Mac OS X 10.2		2002-08-23 [APL]
498NetBSD 1.6		2002-09-14 [NBD]
499FreeBSD 4.7		2002-10-08 [FBD]
500OpenBSD 3.2		2002-11-01 [OBD]
501FreeBSD 5.0		2003-01-17 [FBD]
502				FreeBSD 5.0 is a separate branch off of
503				-current, similar to 3.0.
504FreeBSD 4.8		2003-04-03 [FBD]
505NetBSD 1.6.1		2003-04-21 [NBD] (patch release)
506OpenBSD 3.3		2003-05-01 [OBD]
507BSD/OS 5.0		2003-05-?? [WRS]
508FreeBSD 5.1		2003-06-09 [FBD]
509Mac OS X 10.3		2003-10-24 [APL]
510FreeBSD 4.9		2003-10-28 [FBD]
511BSD/OS 5.1 ISE		2003-10-?? [WRS] (final version)
512OpenBSD 3.4		2003-11-01 [OBD]
513FreeBSD 5.2		2004-01-12 [FBD]
514FreeBSD 5.2.1		2004-02-22 [FBD] (patch release)
515NetBSD 1.6.2		2004-03-01 [NBD] (patch release)
516OpenBSD 3.5		2004-04-01 [OBD]
517FreeBSD 4.10		2004-05-27 [FBD]
518DragonFly 1.0		2004-07-12 [DFB]
519OpenBSD 3.6		2004-10-29 [OBD]
520FreeBSD 5.3		2004-11-06 [FBD]
521NetBSD 2.0		2004-12-09 [NBD]
522FreeBSD 4.11		2005-01-25 [FBD]
523DragonFly 1.2.0		2005-04-08 [DFB]
524NetBSD 2.0.2		2005-04-14 [NBD] (security/critical release)
525Mac OS X 10.4		2005-04-29 [APL]
526FreeBSD 5.4		2005-05-09 [FBD]
527OpenBSD 3.7		2005-05-19 [OBD]
528NetBSD 2.0.3		2005-10-31 [NBD] (security/critical release)
529OpenBSD 3.8		2005-11-01 [OBD]
530FreeBSD 6.0		2005-11-01 [FBD]
531NetBSD 2.1		2005-11-02 [NBD]
532NetBSD 3.0		2005-12-23 [NBD]
533DragonFly 1.4.0		2006-01-08 [DFB]
534OpenBSD 3.9		2006-05-01 [OBD]
535FreeBSD 6.1		2006-05-08 [FBD]
536FreeBSD 5.5		2006-05-25 [FBD]
537NetBSD 3.0.1		2006-07-24 [NBD] (security/critical release)
538DragonFly 1.6.0		2006-07-24 [DFB]
539OpenBSD 4.0		2006-11-01 [OBD]
540NetBSD 3.0.2		2006-11-04 [NBD] (security/critical release)
541NetBSD 3.1		2006-11-04 [NBD]
542FreeBSD 6.2		2007-01-15 [FBD]
543DragonFly 1.8.0		2007-01-30 [DFB]
544OpenBSD 4.1		2007-05-01 [OBD]
545DragonFly 1.10.0	2007-08-06 [DFB]
546Mac OS X 10.5		2007-10-26 [APL]
547OpenBSD 4.2		2007-11-01 [OBD]
548NetBSD 4.0		2007-12-19 [NBD]
549FreeBSD 6.3		2008-01-18 [FBD]
550DragonFly 1.12.0	2008-02-26 [DFB]
551FreeBSD 7.0		2008-02-27 [FBD]
552OpenBSD 4.3		2008-05-01 [OBD]
553DragonFly 2.0.0		2008-07-21 [DFB]
554OpenBSD 4.4		2008-11-01 [OBD]
555FreeBSD 6.4		2008-11-28 [FBD]
556FreeBSD 7.1		2009-01-04 [FBD]
557DragonFly 2.2.0		2009-02-17 [DFB]
558NetBSD 5.0		2009-04-29 [NBD]
559OpenBSD 4.5		2009-05-01 [OBD]
560FreeBSD 7.2		2009-05-04 [FBD]
561Mac OS X 10.6		2009-06-08 [APL]
562NetBSD 5.0.1		2009-08-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
563DragonFly 2.4.0		2009-09-16 [DFB]
564OpenBSD 4.6		2009-10-18 [OBD]
565FreeBSD 8.0		2009-11-26 [FBD]
566NetBSD 5.0.2		2010-02-12 [NBD] (security/critical release)
567FreeBSD 7.3		2010-03-23 [FBD]
568DragonFly 2.6.0		2010-03-28 [DFB]
569OpenBSD 4.7		2010-05-19 [OBD]
570FreeBSD 8.1		2010-07-24 [FBD]
571DragonFly 2.8.2		2010-10-30 [DFB]
572OpenBSD 4.8		2010-11-01 [OBD]
573NetBSD 5.1		2010-11-19 [NBD]
574FreeBSD 7.4		2011-02-24 [FBD]
575FreeBSD 8.2		2011-02-24 [FBD]
576DragonFly 2.10.1	2011-04-26 [DFB]
577OpenBSD 4.9		2011-05-01 [OBD]
578Mac OS X 10.7		2011-07-20 [APL]
579OpenBSD 5.0		2011-11-01 [OBD]
580FreeBSD 9.0		2012-01-12 [FBD]
581NetBSD 5.1.2		2012-02-02 [NBD] (security/critical release)
582DragonFly 3.0.1		2012-02-21 [DFB]
583FreeBSD 8.3		2012-04-18 [FBD]
584OpenBSD 5.1		2012-05-01 [OBD]
585Mac OS X 10.8		2012-07-25 [APL]
586NetBSD 6.0		2012-10-17 [NBD]
587OpenBSD 5.2		2012-11-01 [OBD]
588DragonFly 3.2.1		2012-11-02 [DFB]
589NetBSD 5.2		2012-12-03 [NBD]
590NetBSD 6.0.1		2012-12-26 [NBD] (security/critical release)
591FreeBSD 9.1		2012-12-30 [FBD]
592DragonFly 3.4.1		2013-04-29 [DFB]
593OpenBSD 5.3		2013-05-01 [OBD]
594NetBSD 6.0.2		2013-05-18 [NBD] (security/critical release)
595NetBSD 6.1		2013-05-18 [NBD]
596FreeBSD 8.4		2013-06-07 [FBD]
597NetBSD 6.1.1		2013-08-22 [NBD]
598NetBSD 5.1.3		2013-09-29 [NBD]
599NetBSD 5.2.1		2013-09-29 [NBD]
600FreeBSD 9.2		2013-09-30 [FBD]
601NetBSD 6.0.3		2013-09-30 [NBD]
602NetBSD 6.1.2		2013-09-30 [NBD]
603
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639
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642
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645
646James Howard: The BSD Family Tree
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648("what are the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD?")
649
650
651Acknowledgments
652---------------
653
654Josh Gilliam for suggestions, bug fixes, and finding very old
655original BSD announcements from Usenet or tapes.
656
657Steven M. Schultz for providing 2.8BSD, 2.10BSD, 2.11BSD manual pages.
658
659--
660Copyright (c) 1997-2012 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
661URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
662
663$FreeBSD: stable/10/share/misc/bsd-family-tree 256368 2013-10-12 07:39:24Z eadler $
664