The last page of the whitepaper is all about stating that in no way SPS gives any right to the company (that I belive is US based). They would always have to say that, because if not they would probably be committing security fraud. Just pipe dreaming of a distant future and what really means to own a game nft. As a last case scenario I imagine you could always make a contract that receives splinterlands nft´s burns them while creates a clone, running on a diferent chain where the DAO would have the power to mint new cards.
Kinda like a splintering 😁 tatxannn