Editing Bo Leuf

{{Short description|Swedish politician and writer (1952–2009)}}
[[Image:Boleuf.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bo Leuf]]
'''Bo Arne Leuf''' (July 9, 1952<ref>''[http://forum.piratpartiet.se/Topic10048-35-2.aspx Vilka är vi?]'' {{in lang|sv}} (Piratpartiet forum, retrieved 2007-02-19)</ref> – April 24, 2009)<ref>''[http://www.atariforums.com/read.php?32,3654,3654#msg-3654 Posted by his son, Edward] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707181752/http://www.atariforums.com/read.php?32,3654,3654#msg-3654 |date=2011-07-07 }}'' {{in lang|sv}} (Atari Talk Forums, retrieved 2009-05-25)</ref> 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]].<ref>''[http://leuf.com/ww/wikicom?WwwBio Www Bio]'' (leuf.com, retrieved 2007-02-19)</ref> He was a candidate for the [[Pirate Party (Sweden)|Pirate Party]] in the [[2006 Swedish general election|Swedish general election in 2006]]<ref>''[http://www2.piratpartiet.se/kandidater/bo_leuf 11. Bo Leuf, 56, Göteborg] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020055451/http://www2.piratpartiet.se/kandidater/bo_leuf |date=October 20, 2006 }}'' {{in lang|sv}} (Piratpartiet, retrieved 2007-02-19)</ref> and was also on its board as [[treasurer]].<ref>''[http://www2.piratpartiet.se/styrelse Styrelse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218180920/http://www2.piratpartiet.se/styrelse# |date=2007-02-18 }}'' {{in lang|sv}} (Piratpartiet, retrieved 2007-02-19)</ref>

In 1971, he came from [[Västernorrland County|Västernorrland]] to Gothenburg to study engineering physics at [[Chalmers University of Technology|Chalmers University]].

In 1979, he opened a book shop called Wizard in Gothenburg.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.swipnet.se/~w-15077/SHN/wizard.htm |title=Balder: Wizard - Butiken som var |access-date=2014-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420075914/http://home.swipnet.se/~w-15077/SHN/wizard.htm |archive-date=2014-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 Corporation|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-28 |title=Bo Leuf, R.I.P. |url=http://zhurnaly.com/cgi-bin/wiki?action=browse;oldid=Bo_Leuf%2c_R.I.P;id=Bo_Leuf%2c_R.I.P. |url-status=deviated |archive-url=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. |archive-date=2022-10-30 |access-date=19 Jun 2023 |website=Zhurnaly}}</ref>

==Publications==
* Bo Leuf, [[Ward Cunningham]], ''[[The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web]]'', Addison-Wesley (April, 2001) {{ISBN|0-201-71499-X}}
* Bo Leuf, ''Outlook in a Nutshell: A Power User's Quick Reference'', {{ISBN|1-56592-704-4}}
* Bo Leuf, ''Peer to Peer: Collaborating and Sharing over the Internet'', {{ISBN|0-201-76732-5}}
* Bo Leuf, ''The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency'', John Wiley & Sons, 2006, {{ISBN|0-470-01522-5}}

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