Z:gnu-www-ja-thegnuproject--6e1e63-Some who favored this term aim/en

Some who favored this term aimed to avoid the confusion of &ldquo;free&rdquo; with &ldquo;gratis&rdquo;&mdash;a valid goal. Others, however, aimed to set aside the spirit of principle that had motivated the free software movement and the GNU Project, and to appeal instead to executives and business users, many of whom hold an ideology that places profit above freedom, above community, above principle. Thus, the rhetoric of &ldquo;open source&rdquo; focuses on the potential to make high-quality, powerful software, but shuns the ideas of freedom, community, and principle.