But do you have any evidence of a developer telling them, "I don't want the additional requirements GPLv3 would bring," and the FSF replying, "That's fine, you

But do you have any evidence of a developer telling them, "I don't want the additional requirements GPLv3 would bring," and the FSF replying, "That's fine, you can just use GPLv3 without the such-and-such clause"? Aggressively pushing the GPLv3 and misrepresenting its efficacy to GPLv2 fans are two completely different things.