What the dao is about?

So for what i can tell the SPS DAO will work on top of the SplinterLands game, kinda like a frequent traveler points club does regarding an airline. In no way does it control or benefit from the sale of DEC ( splinterlands main source of revenue ), nor does the DAO have any control whatsoever on the SplinterLands game. Still in no way am I criticizing the general idea of the thing, I actually belive it to be a great idea, and completly understand that the developers want to keep the company "private".

I just have one important question. Does any one know how the intelectual property for this kind of game works? Imagine SplinterLands (the company) goes bust, will the DAO be able to legally implement a new UI and mint cards?