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title: Free PDF creator
date: "2002-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1008
description: I discovered pdf995, a free tool for creating PDFs, and found myself questioning their business model and how they manage Adobe's licensing requirements for the file format.
keywords: [pdf995, pdf creation, adobe, freeware, software licensing, monetization]
---

[Free PDF creator](http://www.pdf995.com/). Wonder how they manage to make money. More importantly, how did they get permission from Adobe? [via andersja](http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/12/09/create_pdfs_for_free.html)