Consider the equation: $$ c\boldsymbol{a}+d\boldsymbol{b}=\boldsymbol{0} $$ where $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ are vectors, $c$ and $d$ scalars (let's suppose they are not zero).
Why would $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ be dependent when it equals zero? I mean, I don't find the logic.
Because that's the way linear dependence is defined: the vectors $v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_k$ are linearly dependent if the null vector can be written as $\alpha_1v_1+\alpha_2v_2+\cdots+\alpha_kv_k$, where $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\ldots,\alpha_k$ are scalars and not all of them are equal to $0$.