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# Massimo Artusi

Open source community leader and advocate for sustainable funding models in open source software. Based in Rome, Massimo has spent years organizing and contributing to Italian and European open source communities. He appeared on the podcast to discuss the sustainability crisis in open source, covering funding models, maintainer burnout, and the tension between corporate reliance on OSS and the lack of financial support for the people who build it.

## Notes

- Passionate and articulate on OSS sustainability; his personal experience as a burnt-out maintainer gave the episode emotional weight
- Practical rather than ideological; acknowledges that different projects need different funding models
- Well-connected in the European open source community; offered to introduce Luca to several potential future guests
- The episode resonated particularly well with the audience, generating significant discussion in the community Discord

## Collaborations

- [[24q3-podcast-season-2]] — recorded episode on sustainability in open source software
- [[topic-italian-startups]] — discussed the Italian open source ecosystem and its challenges
- [[procedure-podcast-guest-outreach]] — connected through the Italian open source conference circuit
