Cudder's Anoncoreutils

Did something ever result from that?
Are there any good alternatives to gnu's coreutils, busybox, etc? Everything sucks.

RMS's guide to writing your own core utils.
1. Download a copy of a OpenBSD core utils.
2. Delete the licences.
3. Apply the GPL licence to the code.
4. Rename the software RMS/GNU ^_coreutils.
5. For bonus points convince Linux distributions to use it and then start a movement demanding they rename Linux ``GNU^{_{with minor help from Linux}}''

Congratulations.
You have slain the dragon of non-free BSD licensing and have written your own truly free version of coreutils.