diff --git a/components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_netif_glue.h b/components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_netif_glue.h
index 3025b848a0..60e6bcf531 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_netif_glue.h
+++ b/components/esp_eth/include/esp_eth_netif_glue.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth.c
index 54734bd45a..a3662453e9 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdatomic.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_event.h"
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 #include "esp_timer.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_dm9051.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_dm9051.c
index 2c2fa4b4a5..6fa25d4517 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_dm9051.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_dm9051.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "esp_system.h"
 #include "esp_intr_alloc.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_esp.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_esp.c
index 5140e0420b..ef2587381a 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_esp.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_esp.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_pm.h"
 #include "esp_mac.h"
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_ksz8851snl.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_ksz8851snl.c
index a7ebc7861f..4990d758ee 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_ksz8851snl.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_ksz8851snl.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
- * SPDX-FileContributor: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  */
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "ksz8851.h"
 
 
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_openeth.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_openeth.c
index f72d89181c..a42571c219 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_openeth.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_openeth.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_intr_alloc.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
index bb35652988..9917e03669 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2020 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
@@ -19,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_system.h"
 #include "esp_intr_alloc.h"
 #include "esp_heap_caps.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_netif_glue.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_netif_glue.c
index cfb0adf72d..5f71325a33 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_netif_glue.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_netif_glue.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "esp_netif.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_eth_netif_glue.h"
 #include "esp_event.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy.c
index 6fae9ae79c..05b09eb17a 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy.c
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
-// Copyright 2019 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 
 static const char *TAG = "esp_eth.phy";
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dm9051.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dm9051.c
index ec5fa2d8b7..5d30d65520 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dm9051.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dm9051.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dp83848.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dp83848.c
index adbb16b587..c6b5a05076 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dp83848.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_dp83848.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ip101.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ip101.c
index 18949d7029..a17bbb915d 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ip101.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ip101.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz80xx.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz80xx.c
index 2ea90c08e6..c2329d23b2 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz80xx.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz80xx.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz8851snl.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz8851snl.c
index 8beaee2a7c..066a6c7db9 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz8851snl.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_ksz8851snl.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
- * SPDX-FileContributor: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "esp_check.h"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "esp_rom_gpio.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "ksz8851.h"
 
 
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_lan87xx.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_lan87xx.c
index 6f44cd1a92..3396e924be 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_lan87xx.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_lan87xx.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_rtl8201.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_rtl8201.c
index 892fb38acb..b0a1f2493d 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_rtl8201.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_rtl8201.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "eth_phy_regs_struct.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_w5500.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_w5500.c
index c571ccdda0..f298fdb1d4 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_w5500.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy_w5500.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 #include "driver/gpio.h"
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/vfs_l2tap/esp_vfs_l2tap.c b/components/esp_netif/vfs_l2tap/esp_vfs_l2tap.c
index 45af6099a3..3a814b791d 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/vfs_l2tap/esp_vfs_l2tap.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/vfs_l2tap/esp_vfs_l2tap.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "esp_check.h"
 #include "esp_netif.h"
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
diff --git a/components/lwip/port/esp32/netif/ethernetif.c b/components/lwip/port/esp32/netif/ethernetif.c
index 147499b4d5..f8c4a1f652 100644
--- a/components/lwip/port/esp32/netif/ethernetif.c
+++ b/components/lwip/port/esp32/netif/ethernetif.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 #include "esp_netif.h"
 #include "esp_netif_net_stack.h"
 #include "esp_compiler.h"
diff --git a/examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/cmd_sniffer.h b/examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/cmd_sniffer.h
index ae0563efc1..8972d0dca3 100644
--- a/examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/cmd_sniffer.h
+++ b/examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/cmd_sniffer.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "esp_eth.h"
+#include "esp_eth_driver.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml b/tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml
index bff6dd197c..1c34b84bf0 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ freertos_component:
     - Apache-2.0    #Files added to the freertos added by us
     - MIT           #FreeRTOS sources and port files
 
+ethernet_component:
+  include:
+    - 'components/esp_eth/**'
+  allowed_licenses:
+    - Apache-2.0
+    - MIT           # To allow contributed drivers
+
 systemview:
   include:
     - 'components/app_trace/sys_view'
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index 4dfd30df98..b14700539e 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -419,8 +419,6 @@ components/esp32/include/rom/tjpgd.h
 components/esp32/include/rom/uart.h
 components/esp_eth/include/eth_phy_regs_struct.h
 components/esp_eth/src/dm9051.h
-components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
-components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_phy.c
 components/esp_eth/src/ksz8851.h
 components/esp_eth/src/openeth.h
 components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h