Yep, exactly like how Microsoft was compensated for buying Skype. This stuff is not without precedent. Skype was not sponsored by a foreign power but by libera

Yep, exactly like how Microsoft was compensated for buying Skype. This stuff is not without precedent. Skype was not sponsored by a foreign power but by liberal minded founders using P2P technology. Still a "national security" threat (actually a hegemony threat) so it had to be addressed somehow. Microsoft was happy to help. It also helps explain a little the hapless treatment of the Skype brand under Microsoft. Not that Microsoft hasn't bought companies and mismanaged the assets before, but they really didn't know what to do with Skype.