Lets you set a bunch of metadata for your add-on, and a minimum required Ring Racers version (to prevent annoying tech support questions for mod authors). This version value can also be leveraged to add in backwards compatibility behaviors for older mods.
Currently the values of the metadata are printed out when a mod is loaded, and aren't used otherwise.
Fix pointers for C interface copied strings
Apparently this was luck that it worked earlier.
I love C++'s strings! And conversely, I hate C's strings.