http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26835
--- Comment #80 from Timothy Pearson kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net 2011-04-23 13:20:07 CDT ---
FYI, there are people buying original copies of the Game and trying to run on Linux so they don't have to reboot. The mistake we did was calling a patch a "crack". Anyway, if its going to harm anything which is Free Software, please do not reply to my question in #77, thank you.
I am one of those who has purchased a legal copy of the game from Valve and cannot play.
It's not a patch, it's an illegal crack. The law is the law, and at least in the United States cracks are still illegal under the DMCA. If Valve came out and said it was OK to use it temporarily then things would be different, but the chances of them doing that are nil.
Think of this as a lesson in why you should never, ever buy a product before you try it....