Learn English – What’s the difference between ‘reliant’, ‘relying’ and ‘dependent’

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I wanted to say that someone's project has some dependencies on my previous work and that project reuses some part of my work. Which word or phrase should I use?

Best Answer

Most open source licenses (and copyright law) would refer to a project that reuses and depends upon your previous work as a derivative work.

So [as FF mentioned] the newer project is derivative of your previous project; it derives from yours.