That's correct.
In fact, all the previous attempts to create "Bitcoin" before Bitcoin were somehow stopped by a government.
The main different in the case of Bitcoin is that it is truly decentralized, so there's no "head" to stop. There's no one to stop so that Bitcoin stops.
Bitcoin will continue forever, as it's a protocol, not a "company".
Bitcoin is not just Bitcoin, it's a way of thought, in a way.
An alternative way of thought beneath what everybody considers traditional and stable, and it's better in many ways.