You should interpret that as a couple of super honest guys, that dedicated their life work to helping people, going silent for a fear that they could be hurting people by promoting this company. BBIO can take comfort in the fact that their solutions are helpful and will live on regardless of SKTO.
If the intellectual property of GoldnApel is owned by SK or AV, then the intellectual property of Gold, Apel, and AmericanSavage is waiting to be acquired by a more legitimate shell. Let's call it Berkeley Trio. I hope they walk so I can invest in them with confidence.