Generally, I have learned that stakeholders (in general) are parties interested in the project - development team, testing team, QA team, management, customer (of course) etc. But now in Scrum, it says that the stakeholders are the ones who validate the product and the product is done for them, based on their needs. That would imply it means just the customer. Is it right or I misunderstood, is a development team really a stakeholder?
http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/21-contracts-for-implementing-scrum
Stakeholders are parties with an interest in the product being developed and/or the Scrum process. They might include suppliers, customers, the business owner, subject matter experts, or product support.
http://thescrumblog.blogspot.cz/2011/04/stakeholders-and-feedback-in-scrum.html
The Scrum Team:
A lot of people forget that the Scrum team is a major stakeholder for the project