Ah, that’s too bad! Well, guess the only option will be when, and if, a open source ALAC encoder comes along…
BTW, there seems to be a freeware encoder around:
http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?p=50839#post50839
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t42614.html
A closed source dll is all there appears to be.