Why do getter commands check ownership?

[SwissalpS]

xp_redo/areas.lua

Lines 104 to 108 in 9259e18

	if not areas:isAreaOwner(id, playername) and
	not minetest.check_player_privs(playername, { protection_bypas = true })
	then
	return true, "you are not the owner of area: " .. id
	end

Is there a reason the general public isn't allowed to know the limits that are set on areas?

[BuckarooBanzay]

looks like that is just a copy/pasted part of the code, shouldn't be there IMO