I don't disagree, but that's only applicable for node.js code. There's no tradition of using package.json for fortran or C. Although I do like the overall the

I don't disagree, but that's only applicable for node.js code. There's no tradition of using package.json for fortran or C. Although I do like the overall theme of developing a language-agnostic way of indicating licenses (because, as also mentioned by jcr, checking for LICENSE doesn't cut it)