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Can't say that what you are looking for is common. This is the first time I've heard this requirement bring described.
Librejs started a long while back. I'm no js historian but I reckon things have changed a ton in jsland since then. My guess is that there assumption is that since JavaScript files are just scripts, they contain the source code and therefore all it checks for is is the license.
I don't know at which point things like obfuscation through minification and systems like webpack came along. I'm only theorising but I feel librejs has not been able to keep up with the times.