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<h3>Changes made between OpenBSD versions.</h3>

<p>

The OpenBSD project was spawned from NetBSD (ie. a member of the

The OpenBSD project was spawned from NetBSD (a member of the 4.4BSD

4.4BSD family) and is developed separately. As well as developments

family) and is developed separately. As well as developments by our

by our development group, good changes from the other free operating

development group, good changes from the other free operating systems

systems are evaluated and merged into OpenBSD (of course, depending on

are evaluated and merged into OpenBSD. We track bug reports and

various factors like developer time for example.) OpenBSD tracks bug

source tree changes from the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects fairly

reports and source tree changes from the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects

closely. Even pieces of code from the Linux projects have been used.

fairly closely. Even pieces of code from the Linux projects have been

used.

<p>

In the early days of OpenBSD, it was possible to be able to say

"OpenBSD is NetBSD <b>PLUS MORE STUFF</b>" Now, after substantial

"OpenBSD is NetBSD PLUS MORE STUFF". Now, after the substantial work

work OpenBSD is very much is it's own thing. Too much stuff has been

the group members have done, OpenBSD is very much is it's own thing.

added and fixed. OpenBSD is OpenBSD.

Too much stuff has been added and fixed to easily compare it to

something else. OpenBSD is OpenBSD.

<p>

This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes