x = "make the functionality of the Software or a Modified version
available to third parties as a service"
y = "distribute the Software or a Modified version"
You may not X, or (Y in a manner that X)
Perfectly normal legalese. Just like "included but not limited to..." it sets a condition and adds a more specific version of that condition, which seems redundant but helps during actual litigation.
This was the first serious creative coding framework I've learned 2008 or 2010 or something. I have been in this field since then. I have seen Java, Javascript, and kotlin creative frameworks but not python and I am still as surprised as you are.
There are lots of ways computers are used for making art. Not just video-games. For example, projection mapping, algorithmic music composition, live coding, etc.
You can look into openFrameworks for examples of C++ in arts.
the unfortunate thing is they'll push a company for growth and after a certain point the company starts to destroy itself from within to continue growing. They'll sell their shares at that point, run the company into the ground, support a new startup that will grow. rinse and repeat. voilà! infinite growth.
Moules-Frites and Hoegaarden.