My understanding is that if that was the bot would be asking for, they'd ask for a CLA/DCO or similar, which doesn't seem to be what it currently asks for

> The contribution bot asks for confirmation the code change is copyright-free, but the contributor doesn’t respond.

Maybe the author is summarizing though and the bot asks the author to confirm it's copyright free and also to sign the CLA/DCO. If so, unlikely their corporate overlord would be OK with them just merging the PR without explicitly signed CLA/DCO.