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doc/developer.texi: improve the introductory text 

Remove confusing references to "external" vs. "internal" developers.
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@contents
@chapter Notes for external developers
@chapter Introduction
This document is mostly useful for internal FFmpeg developers.
External developers who need to use the API in their application should
refer to the API doxygen documentation in the public headers, and
check the examples in @file{doc/examples} and in the source code to
see how the public API is employed.
This text is concerned with the development @emph{of} FFmpeg itself. Information
on using the FFmpeg libraries in other programs can be found elsewhere, e.g. in:
@itemize @bullet
@item
the installed header files
@item
@url{http://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/index.html, the Doxygen documentation}
generated from the headers
@item
the examples under @file{doc/examples}
@end itemize
You can use the FFmpeg libraries in your commercial program, but you
are encouraged to @emph{publish any patch you make}. In this case the