Move documentation outside of source tree. Remove `doc` import from __init__.

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+Very complete documentation is available from the primary developer of
+NumPy for a small fee.  After a brief period, that documentation
+will become freely available.  See http://www.trelgol.com for
+details. The fee and restriction period is intended to allow people
+and to encourage companies to easily contribute to the development of
+NumPy.
+
+This directory will contain all public documentation that becomes available. 
+
+Very good documentation is also available using Python's (and
+especially IPython's) own help system.  Most of the functions have
+docstrings that provide usage assistance.
+
+
+