chore: release 9.0.0

Author: github-actions[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "8.2.5"
+  ".": "9.0.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [9.0.0](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/compare/v8.2.5...v9.0.0) (2026-04-14)
+### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES
+* existing packages in `node_modules` are no longer used to try to pre-populate dependencies and devDependencies
+* The license field is no longer included by default when running `npm init` or `npm init --yes`. If you want to include a license, you can either set it in your npm config (`npm set init-license=MIT`) or provide it interactively when running `npm init`.
+### Features
+* [`6e34dd8`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/6e34dd83da370e849235c52da887770e72b362e6) [#350](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/350) omit license field by default when initializing package.json (@owlstronaut)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`cddad4f`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/cddad4fe4ddc5b712793d078c6d3dac1d8427ed1) [#349](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/349) stop auto populating dependencies (#349) (@wraithgar)
+### Chores
+* [`cc57229`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/cc57229da15d75c7bfa9ae62a2910500f5867101) [#350](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/350) template-oss-apply (@owlstronaut)
+* [`e885190`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/e88519058a51ba5c35acb151f86f26bcb7d5330a) [#348](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/348) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.29.0 to 4.30.0 (#348) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)
+
 ## [8.2.5](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/compare/v8.2.4...v8.2.5) (2026-02-19)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`94effe9`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/94effe91d2f0dbc8c8b970025f303e3440a7b016) update license validation code (#345) (@wraithgar)

package.json

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 {
   "name": "init-package-json",
-  "version": "8.2.5",
+  "version": "9.0.0",
   "main": "lib/init-package-json.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tap",