Define root README.md for technical docs (#50333)

Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/50333

Changelog: [internal]

This defines a placeholder for the main entrypoint for the React Native internal technical documentation.

Reviewed By: javache, mdvacca, rshest

Differential Revision: D71889755

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# React Native Documentation
This is the internal technical documentation for React Native. It is not intended for end users of the platform.
For information on our documentation strategy and structure, see [DOCS.md](./DOCS.md).
## Usage
This repository is not meant to be consumed directly by end users. Instead, it creates several packages that are published to the NPM registry for direct consumption by end users and frameworks.
This repository uses a monorepo approach, and public packages can be found in the [`packages`](../packages/) directory (the ones that do not contain `"private": true` in their `package.json` file).
The most important package is the [`react-native`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native) package, located in [`packages/react-native`](../packages/react-native), which contains the public JavaScript API.
This repository provides the Android and iOS versions of React Native. Versions for other platforms are maintained in their own repositories.
## Design
TODO: Explain the different components of React Native at a high level.
## Relationship with other systems
### Part of this
(TODO)
### Used by this
This repository has many different types of dependencies: build systems, external packages to be used during development, external packages used at runtime, etc.
### Uses this
The main use cases for this repository are:
1. Developing React Native itself.
2. Testing and releasing React Native.
3. Synchronizing forks like `react-native-windows` and `react-native-macos`.