Bo Leuf Explained

Bo Arne Leuf (July 9, 1952^[1] – April 24, 2009)^[2] was co-author of the book The Wiki Way (2001), written in collaboration with wiki inventor Ward Cunningham. His book Peer To Peer (2002) discusses different peer-to-peer (P2P) solutions both from a technical and legal point of view.

Bo Leuf lived in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[3] He was a candidate for the Pirate Party in the Swedish general election in 2006^[4] and was also on its board as treasurer.^[5]

In 1971, he came from Västernorrland to Gothenburg to study engineering physics at Chalmers University.

In 1979, he opened a book shop called Wizard in Gothenburg.^[6] Later, when he moved to Malmö in 1992, he opened a new shop, this time under the name of Daggshimmer. At this time in Malmö, he also helped his wife and mother-in-law to run the Demaret's School of Languages, a former Berlitz language school still using the same teaching method.He got married on June 2, 1984 and had two children. He died of cancer on April 24, 2009.^[7]

Publications

• Bo Leuf, Ward Cunningham, , Addison-Wesley (April, 2001)
• Bo Leuf, Outlook in a Nutshell: A Power User's Quick Reference,
• Bo Leuf, Peer to Peer: Collaborating and Sharing over the Internet,
• Bo Leuf, The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency, John Wiley & Sons, 2006,

Notes and References

1. Vilka är vi? (Piratpartiet forum, retrieved 2007-02-19)
2. Posted by his son, Edward (Atari Talk Forums, retrieved 2009-05-25)
3. Www Bio (leuf.com, retrieved 2007-02-19)
4. 11. Bo Leuf, 56, Göteborg (Piratpartiet, retrieved 2007-02-19)
5. Styrelse (Piratpartiet, retrieved 2007-02-19)
6. Web site: Balder: Wizard - Butiken som var . 2014-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420075914/http://home.swipnet.se/~w-15077/SHN/wizard.htm . 2014-04-20 . dead .
7. Web site: 2009-05-28 . Bo Leuf, R.I.P. . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030134342/http://zhurnaly.com/cgi-bin/wiki?action=browse;oldid=Bo_Leuf%2c_R.I.P;id=Bo_Leuf%2c_R.I.P. . 2022-10-30 . 19 Jun 2023 . Zhurnaly.