IIRC that's not quite how it works. It can be complex but one element often involved is whether the third-party had an objectively reasonable belief that the em

IIRC that's not quite how it works. It can be complex but one element often involved is whether the third-party had an objectively reasonable belief that the employee had the requisite authority. Who else than a software engineer would be uploading to a code repository? That said, that relates mostly to vanilla contract and agency law. Copyright law can add its own twists.