If you look through the sources, it is clearly BSD, though much reworked since it was part of their source base. I recommend leaving off any "GNU" attribution. However, I've added a ``.SH REPORTING BUGS'' to the four man pages. Barring complaints or other suggested improvements, look for this in the next drop:
Index: ansi2knr.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/sharutils/sharutils/doc/ansi2knr.1,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 diff -b -B -u -p -r1.1.1.1 ansi2knr.1 --- ansi2knr.1 24 Jun 2002 15:16:38 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ ansi2knr.1 27 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0000 @@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ The following constructs will confuse it - Any other construct that starts at the left margin and follows the above syntax (such as a macro or function call). .br - Macros that tinker with the syntax of the function header. +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please put +.I sharutils +or +.I ansi2knr +in the subject line. It helps to spot the message. Index: shar.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/sharutils/sharutils/doc/shar.1,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -b -B -u -p -r1.4 shar.1 --- shar.1 4 Aug 2005 04:06:11 -0000 1.4 +++ shar.1 27 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0000 @@ -243,3 +243,9 @@ The shar and unshar programs is the coll Many people contributed by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements or submitting actual code. A list of these people is in the THANKS file in the sharutils distribution. +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please put +.I sharutils +or +.I uuencode +in the subject line. It helps to spot the message. Index: unshar.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/sharutils/sharutils/doc/unshar.1,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -b -B -u -p -r1.2 unshar.1 --- unshar.1 1 Jul 2005 13:41:06 -0000 1.2 +++ unshar.1 27 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0000 @@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ The shar and unshar programs is the coll Many people contributed by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements or submitting actual code. A list of these people is in the THANKS file in the sharutils distribution. +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please put +.I sharutils +in the subject line. It helps to spot the message. Index: uuencode.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/sharutils/sharutils/doc/uuencode.1,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -b -B -u -p -r1.3 uuencode.1 --- uuencode.1 1 Jul 2005 13:41:06 -0000 1.3 +++ uuencode.1 27 Aug 2005 21:25:57 -0000 @@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ in the encoded files are the same the re .PP The encoded form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and by 35% for base64 encoding (3 bytes become 4 plus control information). +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please put +.I sharutils +or +.I uuencode +in the subject line. It helps to spot the message. .SH HISTORY The .I uuencode -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]