@LaF0rge @AdrianVovk At least if the lawyer wasn't allowing them to say it, then at least it could have said that, something like 'Our lawyers are telling us...but aren't allowing us to give details, we're working on it.' type of thing would have been much better.
I disagree with you over the companies/individual thing though - the mailmap translates between addresses, and when working for companies developers normally say - the copyrights they use are normally company not personal.