diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 1ff0ab1712..f8b2d12887 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -1139,11 +1139,12 @@ class FormulaInstaller
   end
 
   def forbidden_license_check
-    forbidden_licenses = Homebrew::EnvConfig.forbidden_licenses
-                                            .to_s
-                                            .sub("Public Domain", "public_domain")
-                                            .split(" ")
-                                            .to_h do |license|
+    forbidden_licenses = Homebrew::EnvConfig.forbidden_licenses.to_s
+    SPDX::ALLOWED_LICENSE_SYMBOLS.each do |s|
+      pattern = /#{s.to_s.tr("_", " ")}/i
+      forbidden_licenses = forbidden_licenses.sub(pattern, s.to_s)
+    end
+    forbidden_licenses = forbidden_licenses.split(" ").to_h do |license|
       [license, SPDX.license_version_info(license)]
     end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
index 5530a27b4e..40045647f9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ describe SPDX do
     it "returns :public_domain" do
       expect(described_class.parse_license_expression(:public_domain).first).to eq [:public_domain]
     end
+
+    it "returns :cannot_represent" do
+      expect(described_class.parse_license_expression(:cannot_represent).first).to eq [:cannot_represent]
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".valid_license?" do
@@ -113,6 +117,14 @@ describe SPDX do
     it "returns true for :public_domain" do
       expect(described_class.valid_license?(:public_domain)).to eq true
     end
+
+    it "returns true for :cannot_represent" do
+      expect(described_class.valid_license?(:cannot_represent)).to eq true
+    end
+
+    it "returns false for invalid symbol" do
+      expect(described_class.valid_license?(:invalid_symbol)).to eq false
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".deprecated_license?" do
@@ -131,6 +143,10 @@ describe SPDX do
     it "returns false for :public_domain" do
       expect(described_class.deprecated_license?(:public_domain)).to eq false
     end
+
+    it "returns false for :cannot_represent" do
+      expect(described_class.deprecated_license?(:cannot_represent)).to eq false
+    end
   end
 
   describe ".valid_license_exception?" do
@@ -187,9 +203,13 @@ describe SPDX do
     it "returns :public_domain" do
       expect(described_class.license_expression_to_string(:public_domain)).to eq "Public Domain"
     end
+
+    it "returns :cannot_represent" do
+      expect(described_class.license_expression_to_string(:cannot_represent)).to eq "Cannot Represent"
+    end
   end
 
-  describe ".license_version_info_info" do
+  describe ".license_version_info" do
     it "returns license without version" do
       expect(described_class.license_version_info("MIT")).to eq ["MIT"]
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
index 3ae60ea72c..65a307770f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ module SPDX
 
   DATA_PATH = (HOMEBREW_DATA_PATH/"spdx").freeze
   API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/spdx/license-list-data/releases/latest"
+  ALLOWED_LICENSE_SYMBOLS = [
+    :public_domain,
+    :cannot_represent,
+  ].freeze
 
   def license_data
     @license_data ||= JSON.parse (DATA_PATH/"spdx_licenses.json").read
@@ -64,14 +68,14 @@ module SPDX
   end
 
   def valid_license?(license)
-    return true if license == :public_domain
+    return ALLOWED_LICENSE_SYMBOLS.include? license if license.is_a? Symbol
 
     license = license.delete_suffix "+"
     license_data["licenses"].any? { |spdx_license| spdx_license["licenseId"] == license }
   end
 
   def deprecated_license?(license)
-    return false if license == :public_domain
+    return false if ALLOWED_LICENSE_SYMBOLS.include? license
     return false unless valid_license?(license)
 
     license_data["licenses"].none? do |spdx_license|
@@ -89,8 +93,8 @@ module SPDX
     case license_expression
     when String
       license_expression
-    when :public_domain
-      "Public Domain"
+    when Symbol
+      license_expression.to_s.tr("_", " ").titleize
     when Hash
       expressions = []
 
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ module SPDX
   end
 
   def license_version_info(license)
-    return [license] if license == :public_domain
+    return [license] if ALLOWED_LICENSE_SYMBOLS.include? license
 
     match = license.match(/-(?<version>[0-9.]+)(?:-.*?)??(?<or_later>\+|-only|-or-later)?$/)
     return [license] if match.blank?