I think MJ is well within his rights to raise this as a problem though - whether or not you believe the GFDL is a free licence or not,
It is a free license (one can modify, use, distribute works licensed under the GFDL). It isn't a free _software_ license. Classifying all licenses as `free' or `not-free' is like saying `Intellecutal property', it can mean anything, and it can mean nothing.
The facts seem to be pretty clear from the conversation on Savannah, and I hope the Savannah admin made a mistake. It doesn't need us to inflame the situation, though, that will only cause more problems. It would be better to ask someone here to investigate and ask the Savannah admins to make clear what their policy actually is, before we starting discussing whether or not their policy is good or bad.
Well said.