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English: A diagram showing the key Unix and Unix-like operating systems

Deutsch: Ein Diagramm, das die wichtigsten Unix-basierten Betriebssysteme darstellt

Español: Un diagrama que muestra los sistemas operativos clave Unix y similares a Unix

Date

8 July 2008

Source

Own work using: Levenez Unix History Diagram, Information on the history of IBM's AIX on ibm.com

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Eraserhead1, Infinity0, Sav_vas

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Licensing notes:

Linux was inspired by MINIX and Unix, but Linux and GNU code was written from scratch.
BSD was originally based on code copyrighted by AT&T, but over the period 1989–1994, was rewritten to purge all AT&T code.
The Single UNIX Specification controls access to the Unix trademark, owned by The Open Group.
Novell purchased the Unix copyright from AT&T, which it still owns as of August 2010 (see SCO v. Novell).
The Santa Cruz Operation purchased the right to develop and sublicense SCO OpenServer and UnixWare from Novell, which it sold to what is now (2010) the SCO Group (see SCO v. Novell).
IBM AIX is a licensed Unix derivative, as is HP-UX

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
20:15, 22 May 2020	2,012 × 1,462 (115 KB)	Altanner1991	improving symmetricity
19:59, 22 May 2020	2,005 × 1,371 (116 KB)	Altanner1991	(thumbnail issue)
19:58, 22 May 2020	2,000 × 1,371 (116 KB)	Altanner1991	Reverted to version as of 19:50, 22 May 2020 (UTC) used the wrong file in the upload
19:56, 22 May 2020	2,005 × 1,371 (116 KB)	Altanner1991	slight fix on spacing (and finishing file changes which were cut) MINIX is, like Linux, also an "independent reimplementation" clone. Please refer to the relevant talk page section if wanting to debate the issue. No other major operating system is missing now.
19:50, 22 May 2020	2,000 × 1,371 (116 KB)	Altanner1991	Including z/OS has for some time now been the opinion on the relevant Unix talk page section. Minix and Linux are less UNIX than z/OS. Indeed "Linux is a Unix Clone and shares no actual code."; UNIX codes are proprietary. "The Linux kernel did not start with any other UNIX code as a base. However, during the SCO vs IBM lawsuit, it was shown that Linux contained some code from a UNIX OS based on BSD known as Dynix." (There is a StackExchange discussion which lists all of these points.) MINIX i...
17:04, 21 May 2020	2,012 × 1,462 (95 KB)	Emil Engler	OpenBSD 6.7 was released yesterday
01:40, 16 May 2020	2,012 × 1,462 (115 KB)	Oknazevad	Reverted to version as of 20:09, 4 January 2020 (UTC) rvt good faith. z/OS is not a Unix system, but descends from the older IBM mainframe systems. Compatibility is via a compatibility layer, not native
17:08, 28 April 2020	2,132 × 1,462 (116 KB)	Altanner1991	z/OS
20:09, 4 January 2020	2,012 × 1,462 (115 KB)	SouthernWolf95	Updated to be accurate as of 2019. Expanded SVG dimensions to better fit new information and render correctly.
20:07, 4 January 2020	1,960 × 1,358 (77 KB)	SouthernWolf95	Reverted to version as of 19:45, 4 January 2020 (UTC) due to ongoing text formatting issues