Well, sure... Good question- but poor context.
The issue is not purely focused on 'making money'. The issue reverberates a bit past that. By attempting to restrict (in any sense, and this is an extrapolation according to current events) Java in any manner they are not only suffocating the community but future potential developers (or existing ones for that matter) from touching it.
They are alienating the FL/OSS community, Java community, developers and licensed partners on a rather grand scale right now.
"Why wouldn't a public for-profit company focus on making money?"
Indeed. Why would they shoot themselves in the foot in pursuit of profit, only to have diminishing returns as a result of their provocative stance?
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