Config sync, remove ratings window, config validation

[Biswajit Roy (Biswajee)]

Pull Request

Description
This PR:

• Syncs platform configurations
• Removes ratings implementation from QTAC
• Adds a configuration validation pipeline
• Simplifies license headers

Related Issue
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Type of Change

• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Documentation update

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

Additional Context
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