Why is the "name" property required for a private bower.json?

[JoshMcCullough]

Running bower install using the following bower.json gives me the error "No name property set". I'm wondering why it's required if it's marked private?

{
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "bootstrap": "~3.3.5",
    "jquery-validate": "~1.14.0",
    "jquery": "~2.1.4"
  }
}

[dejvo]

It is discussed in bower/spec#22

[codewithtyler]

Per @dejvo's comment this issue is part of the bower spec. Any further discussion should be done via the link provided above.