In simple terms? Google copied Oracle's Java code, pasted in a new license, and shipped it.

We’ll go through everything you need to know to get started, and help you build your first basic app. Java is an object-oriented programming ... to the way that Java code is structured: in ...

Sometimes the sheer wrongness of what is posted on the web leaves us speechless. Especially when it's picked up and repeated as gospel by otherwise reputable sites like Engadget. "Google copied ...