If you not include the license field in package.json, npm will keep bugging you:
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  | INFO: package.json INFO: api@0.1.8 No license field. 
  | 
 
If your module is private, just add the following two fields to package.json:
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  | {   "license": "UNLICENSED",   "private": true } 
  | 
 
See NPM package.json license.