doc/developer.texi: improve the introductory text

Remove confusing references to "external" vs. "internal" developers.
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Anton Khirnov 2022-11-09 14:59:21 +01:00
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@contents @contents
@chapter Notes for external developers @chapter Introduction
This document is mostly useful for internal FFmpeg developers. This text is concerned with the development @emph{of} FFmpeg itself. Information
External developers who need to use the API in their application should on using the FFmpeg libraries in other programs can be found elsewhere, e.g. in:
refer to the API doxygen documentation in the public headers, and @itemize @bullet
check the examples in @file{doc/examples} and in the source code to @item
see how the public API is employed. 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 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 are encouraged to @emph{publish any patch you make}. In this case the