diff --git a/.copywrite.hcl b/.copywrite.hcl
index 5ab4adb7a..aa8c50664 100644
--- a/.copywrite.hcl
+++ b/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ project {
   header_ignore = [
     "command/asset/*.hcl",
     "command/agent/bindata_assetfs.go",
-    # licensed under MPL - ignoring for now until the copywrite tool can support
-    # multiple licenses per repo.
-    "api/**",
-    "drivers/shared/**",
-    "plugins/**",
+    "ui/node_modules",
+
     // Enterprise files do not fall under the open source licensing. OSS-ENT
     // merge conflicts might happen here, please be sure to put new OSS
     // exceptions above this comment.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/copywrite.yml b/.github/workflows/copywrite.yml
index 6a225c92f..21e737b43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copywrite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copywrite.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jobs:
           version: v0.16.4
           archive-checksum: c299f830e6eef7e126a3c6ef99ac6f43a3c132d830c769e0d36fa347fa1af254
       - name: Check Header Compliance
-        run: copywrite headers --plan
+        run: make copywriteheaders
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 521bd0013..aa702fbe0 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -428,3 +428,14 @@ test: ## Use this target as a smoke test
 		-count=1 \
 		-tags "$(GO_TAGS)" \
 		$(GOTEST_PKGS)
+
+.PHONY: copywriteheaders
+copywriteheaders:
+	copywrite headers --plan
+	# Special case for MPL headers in /api, /drivers/shared, /plugins, /jobspec, /jobspec2, and /demo
+	cd api && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd drivers/shared && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd plugins && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd jobspec && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd jobspec2 && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
+	cd demo && $(CURDIR)/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
diff --git a/api/.copywrite.hcl b/api/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/api/deployments_test.go b/api/deployments_test.go
index c3bf046e1..7875c99d4 100644
--- a/api/deployments_test.go
+++ b/api/deployments_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import (
diff --git a/api/retry_test.go b/api/retry_test.go
index c59d3dd9a..4a232f107 100644
--- a/api/retry_test.go
+++ b/api/retry_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
 package api
 
 import (
diff --git a/demo/.copywrite.hcl b/demo/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/drivers/shared/.copywrite.hcl b/drivers/shared/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/shared/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/jobspec/.copywrite.hcl b/jobspec/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/jobspec2/.copywrite.hcl b/jobspec2/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec2/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/plugins/.copywrite.hcl b/plugins/.copywrite.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c88e2373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+schema_version = 1
+
+project {
+  license        = "MPL-2.0"
+  copyright_year = 2023
+
+  header_ignore = []
+}
diff --git a/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh b/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0e55acb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copywrite-exceptions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Used as a stopgap for copywrite bot in MPL-licensed subdirs, detects BUSL licensed
+# headers and deletes them, then runs the copywrite bot to utilize local subdir config
+# to inject correct headers.
+
+find . -type f -name '*.go' | while read line; do
+  if grep "SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1" $line; then
+    sed -i '/SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1/d' $line
+    sed -i '/Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc./d' $line
+  fi
+done
+
+copywrite headers --plan