UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open Source

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Post by edent » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 7:54 AM UTC

UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open Source
govukpay-docs.cloudapps.digital

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Post by pyb » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:32 AM UTC

This looks more like a manual. Where does it say that the infrastructure is open source ? I didn't see any source code.

Re: UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open Source

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Post by robin_reala » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:33 AM UTC

If you haven’t heard of this before there’s a good introduction to the project at https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/23/making-payments-more-conv...

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Post by NotThatOwl » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:33 AM UTC

pyb wrote: post #2

This looks more like a manual. Where does it say that the infrastructure is open source ? I didn't see any source code.

https://github.com/alphagov?q=pay-

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Post by robin_reala » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:34 AM UTC

pyb wrote: post #2

This looks more like a manual. Where does it say that the infrastructure is open source ? I didn't see any source code.

Look at the section marked ‘Key Open Source components’ and click on each microservice’s name to get to the repo.

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Post by pyb » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:36 AM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #5

pyb wrote: post #2

This looks more like a manual. Where does it say that the infrastructure is open source ? I didn't see any source code.

Look at the section marked ‘Key Open Source components’ and click on each microservice’s name to get to the repo.

Well spotted thanks !

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Post by markyjones » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:36 AM UTC

pyb wrote: post #2

This looks more like a manual. Where does it say that the infrastructure is open source ? I didn't see any source code.

Read down a bit further https://govukpay-docs.cloudapps.digital/#key-open-source-com... the main components are linked to in the 'components' column. The link to the GitHub account also provide a filter on AlphaGov https://github.com/alphagov?q=pay-

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Post by Nursie » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:42 AM UTC

Still got Google Analytics on the page.

I do not feel that reporting every online interaction I have with my government in the UK, back to a huge corporate in the US, is in any way appropriate. But I can't even get anyone to engage on the issue.

When I tried to raise it I got directed to a helpdesk ticket on a site run by an SV helpdesk-as-a-service company.

I appreciate that gov.uk have done some great stuff getting the UK government online, and their designs and Open Source attitude are refreshing, but this is a a serious privacy issue.

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Post by peteretep » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:46 AM UTC

robin_reala wrote: post #3

If you haven’t heard of this before there’s a good introduction to the project at https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/23/making-payments-more-conv...

Linked from that: "Nearly two million adults in the UK do not have a bank account"

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31830117

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Post by rekado » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 9:48 AM UTC

I'm happy to see that they are using GNU Guix: https://github.com/alphagov?q=guix