Where is it stated in official Apple communications that Apple laptops will always support other OSes like Linux?

There you have it.

If they don't guarantee it, then better not depend on it. Or waste your time on it.

This also holds for members of the Asahi team. Unless they don't mind that a decade or so of their working life goes down the drain in one decision from Apple management or Apple lawyers.

That is irrelevant for the laptops Asahi currently support or are working on supporting.