[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4604: The author feed _always_ delivers full content

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#4604: The author feed _always_ delivers full content
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 Reporter:  gnot     |        Owner:  anonymous   
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  new         
 Priority:  high     |    Milestone:  2.4 (future)
Component:  General  |      Version:  2.2.1       
 Severity:  normal   |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  feed     |  
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Comment (by gnot):

 Hello Otto,

 Despite the http://example.org/wp-rss2.php?author=N, for example, not
 being considered a valid RSS 2.0 feed address, this URL still delivers the
 full content, regardless of the publisher's wish in many cases.

 Although I agree with you that it is not a problem when judging it from
 the perspective of functionality, as no wordpress template function will
 ever return such a feed URL, on the other hand it is a decent way to leech
 the full content of a website in a clean and easy way. What I want to
 emphasize is the fact that if a publisher chooses not to deliver full
 content through the feeds, the software should respect that wish and
 should not deliver the full content to third parties by any other method
 except for the HTML page.

 As you say, what happens is not the intended behaviour, the result is 100%
 unexpected, so I don't see why this ticket should be closed or why it
 should be marked as invalid. I recommend that you give it a second
 thought.

 Kind regards

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