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There is NOTHING that is "clear" about anything on this matter. "Intent" or motive for a flight before it left the ground would be almost impossible to prove or disprove without actual witnesses and sufficient evidence. Anyone that thinks they have any kind of a grip on the meaning of these requirements is delusional. They are as vague as it gets.
Lots of legal sounding words strung about in several paragraphs of text does not make anything clear or enforceable. This is why we arent seeing lots of people being prosecuted for not having part 107. Until it is cleaned up and not so full of loopholes, I wouldnt worry about it. (if you want to sell products from any of your flights)
There are certainly some areas of ambiguity but this is not one of them - at least until the FAA changes the rules and the memo I referred to is superseded. The question of establishing intent is a very murky area, but that was not the subject of the discussion.