diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index cf1b784e8b5e5c5c7ca1a9351350975e7267f96d..93436967962824aa8ed07201c9ad797f97332d7f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -2232,7 +2232,18 @@ class Formula
     # <pre>license all_of: ["MIT", "GPL-2.0-only"]</pre>
     # <pre>license "GPL-2.0-only" => { with: "LLVM-exception" }</pre>
     # <pre>license :public_domain</pre>
-    attr_rw :license
+    def license(args = nil)
+      if args.nil?
+        @licenses
+      else
+        if args.is_a? Array
+          # TODO: enable for next major/minor release
+          # odeprecated "`license [...]`", "`license any_of: [...]`"
+          args = { any_of: args }
+        end
+        @licenses = args
+      end
+    end
 
     # @!attribute [w] homepage
     # The homepage for the software. Used by users to get more information
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/lines.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/lines.rb
index 66d601e9b0f1c5732c9107e6df70632b4907090b..a29092b4250b354c00f425eb2df1864b79de5fa9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/lines.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/lines.rb
@@ -254,6 +254,38 @@ module RuboCop
         end
       end
 
+      class LicenseArrays < FormulaCop
+        def audit_formula(_node, _class_node, _parent_class_node, body_node)
+          license_node = find_node_method_by_name(body_node, :license)
+          return unless license_node
+
+          license = parameters(license_node).first
+          return unless license.array_type?
+
+          problem "Use `license any_of: #{license.source}` instead of `license #{license.source}`"
+        end
+
+        def autocorrect(node)
+          lambda do |corrector|
+            corrector.replace(node.source_range, "license any_of: #{parameters(node).first.source}")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      class Licenses < FormulaCop
+        def audit_formula(_node, _class_node, _parent_class_node, body_node)
+          license_node = find_node_method_by_name(body_node, :license)
+          return unless license_node
+
+          license = parameters(license_node).first
+          return unless license.hash_type?
+          return unless license.each_descendant(:hash).count.positive?
+          return if license.source.include?("\n")
+
+          problem "Split nested license declarations onto multiple lines"
+        end
+      end
+
       class Miscellaneous < FormulaCop
         def audit_formula(_node, _class_node, _parent_class_node, body_node)
           # FileUtils is included in Formula
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/lines_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/lines_spec.rb
index 404617524b843b4badcffd736c3fb2f09c6a9284..17b253764102118bd9e614647c9ca910bfe285f7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/lines_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/lines_spec.rb
@@ -579,6 +579,134 @@ describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::ShellVariables do
   end
 end
 
+describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::LicenseArrays do
+  subject(:cop) { described_class.new }
+
+  context "When auditing licenses" do
+    it "allow license strings" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license "MIT"
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "allow license symbols" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license :public_domain
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "allow license hashes" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license any_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"]
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "require using :any_of instead of a license array" do
+      expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license ["MIT", "0BSD"]
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use `license any_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"]` instead of `license ["MIT", "0BSD"]`
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "corrects license arrays to hash with :any_of" do
+      source = <<~RUBY
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license ["MIT", "0BSD"]
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      corrected_source = <<~RUBY
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license any_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"]
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      new_source = autocorrect_source(source)
+      expect(new_source).to eq(corrected_source)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::Licenses do
+  subject(:cop) { described_class.new }
+
+  context "When auditing licenses" do
+    it "allow license strings" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license "MIT"
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "allow license symbols" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license :public_domain
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "allow license hashes" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license any_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"]
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "allow multiline nested license hashes" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license any_of: [
+            "MIT",
+            all_of: ["0BSD", "Zlib"],
+          ]
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
+    it "require multiple lines for nested license hashes" do
+      expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          desc "foo"
+          url 'https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz'
+          license any_of: ["MIT", all_of: ["0BSD", "Zlib"]]
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Split nested license declarations onto multiple lines
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::Miscellaneous do
   subject(:cop) { described_class.new }
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
index bf216a60dc4cf898be6304ac313f2bcec198600e..9593f119ce7bd976c05fe9e48b47c676db820b31 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/utils/spdx_spec.rb
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ describe SPDX do
       expect(described_class.license_expression_to_string(any_of: ["MIT", "EPL-1.0+"])).to eq "MIT or EPL-1.0+"
     end
 
-    it "treats array as any_of:" do
-      expect(described_class.license_expression_to_string(["MIT", "EPL-1.0+"])).to eq "MIT or EPL-1.0+"
-    end
-
     it "returns license and exception" do
       license_expression = { "MIT" => { with: "LLVM-exception" } }
       expect(described_class.license_expression_to_string(license_expression)).to eq "MIT with LLVM-exception"
@@ -237,7 +233,6 @@ describe SPDX do
       }
     }
     let(:any_of_license) { { any_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"] } }
-    let(:license_array) { ["MIT", "0BSD"] }
     let(:all_of_license) { { all_of: ["MIT", "0BSD"] } }
     let(:nested_licenses) {
       {
@@ -278,14 +273,6 @@ describe SPDX do
       expect(described_class.licenses_forbid_installation?(any_of_license, multiple_forbidden)).to eq true
     end
 
-    it "allows installation when one of the array licenses is allowed" do
-      expect(described_class.licenses_forbid_installation?(license_array, mit_forbidden)).to eq false
-    end
-
-    it "forbids installation when none of the array licenses are allowed" do
-      expect(described_class.licenses_forbid_installation?(license_array, multiple_forbidden)).to eq true
-    end
-
     it "forbids installation when one of the all_of licenses is allowed" do
       expect(described_class.licenses_forbid_installation?(all_of_license, mit_forbidden)).to eq true
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
index dda9d811d890fdbc20bed8fef957faa88d7db565..7ca5a5f8ab7d126c5d9dea9a073e643638467276 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ module SPDX
       license_expression
     when :public_domain
       "Public Domain"
-    when Hash, Array
-      license_expression = { any_of: license_expression } if license_expression.is_a? Array
+    when Hash
       expressions = []
 
       if license_expression.keys.length == 1
@@ -135,8 +134,7 @@ module SPDX
     case license_expression
     when String, Symbol
       forbidden_licenses_include? license_expression.to_s, forbidden_licenses
-    when Hash, Array
-      license_expression = { any_of: license_expression } if license_expression.is_a? Array
+    when Hash
       key = license_expression.keys.first
       case key
       when :any_of