Thanks for taking the time to explain your point of view. I appreciate that it appears to be an abrupt move: time flies. As you noticed offers for help to revive forgefed go back 9 months ago, which felt like a very long time. It was indeed a bit of a stretch on my part to interpret fr33domloever message as an approval to go on. But since it was essentially the only message in a year and positive too… I got carried away 
It felt this way from a distance, indeed. However, the private email I received unambiguously claimed ownership of the project and rejected the initiative to revive forgefed under https://forgefed.org.
Now… forgefed is ultimately the project of its founders and it is not my place to decide if it should continue or how. I’d be happy to contribute if given the chance, if and when they decide my help is welcome.