Hi fdekerme,
I've seen this sort of thing a few times before, and it's usually because there's something wrong with the DICOM file (there seems to be a lot of variability in how manufacturers create these files). Are you able to load other/smaller DICOMs from a different scanner/source?
Judging by the error message, it's also possible that there's some hard disk permission problem - I'd also try running with the dicom data in a folder that you definitely have permissions to use (and possibly one with a much shorter name than the one shown here... it could be a path buffer overflow somewhere).
In answer to your second question, the open source version of CRIMSON is maintained, but based upon people having availability to contribute to it.
Best,
Chris