Was a little bit surprised to read that Aave Labs owns the IP and licenses it to the DAO. I think its clear the DAO should own all IP. By that, I mean all IP. Branding/trademark IP and all product IP that has been funded by the DAO, directly or indirectly. Unless its been agreed to be specifically otherwise. In the case of Aave Labs, agreeing specifically otherwise would have had to have been through a governance proposal, which I am not aware of. Aave Labs = Aave and the DAO as a standard should precede labs in decisions and value accrual.
The DAO should own all IP. It’s the tokenholders that originally funded it and the DAO that’s adding most value to the IP. There is no good reason the DAO shouldnt own it and license it to Aave Labs instead of the other way around.
Many DAO’s already do this through foundation entities so its entirely possible (its not possible for DAOs is a bs argument)
Wanted to open up a discussion first, but think this should be voted on ultimately.
Want to leave out the discussion of equity versus DAO, which deserves its own discussion. Of course, the IP is a part of that, but to me this part is very clear, and I cannot really make any good argument why it should be like it is now.