https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41413
--- Comment #5 from winetest@luukku.com --- (In reply to Adam Bolte from comment #4)
It doesn't crash for me any longer on startup with the patch at bug 32515 (it always did for me prior).
Since that patch that supports Valve's copy protection didn't exist until last month, and this bug report was opened in September last year, this has to be a duplicate. :)
Makes sense.