A somewhat contrarian perspective is that this diagram is so simple and widely used and has been reproduced (ie redrawn) so many times that is very easy to assume this does not have a single origin and that its public domain.

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zahlman 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's pretty hard to reconcile with OP's claim:

> In 2010, I wrote A successful Git branching model and created a diagram to go with it. I designed that diagram in Apple Keynote, at the time obsessing over the colors, the curves, and the layout until it clearly communicated how branches relate to each other over time. I also published the source file so others could build on it.

If you mean that the Microsoft publisher shouldn't be faulted for assuming it would be okay to reproduce the diagram... then said publisher should have actually reproduced the diagram instead of morging it.

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blibble 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it's not public domain, it's copyrighted

what's the bet that the intention here was explicitly to attempt to strip the copyright

so it could be shoved on the corporate website without paying anyone

(the only actual real use of LLMs)

	▲	jacquesm an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That's what's so disgusting here: it wasn't even about payment, it was about not having to attribute it to who created it. That's too much of a payment for MS, so they just take your stuff, run it through their white washing machine and call it a day. See also: Copilot.